Predjama
Predjama | |
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Coordinates: 45°48′52.45″N 14°7′41.95″E / 45.8145694°N 14.1283194°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Traditional region | Inner Carniola |
Statistical region | Littoral–Inner Carniola |
Municipality | Postojna |
Area | |
• Total | 13.18 km2 (5.09 sq mi) |
Elevation | 508.8 m (1,669.3 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 85 |
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Predjama (pronounced [pɾɛdˈjaːma]; German: Luegg,[2] Italian: Castel Lueghi) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
Landmarks
[edit]Castle
[edit]Predjama Castle, a Renaissance castle and a major tourist attraction in Slovenia, is located at the mouth of a cave just above the settlement.[4]
Church
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Slovenia%2C_Predjama_Castle_21_%2816872658638%29.jpg/200px-Slovenia%2C_Predjama_Castle_21_%2816872658638%29.jpg)
Our Lady of Sorrows Church in the settlement is a chapel of ease of the Parish of Studeno. It is a single-nave Gothic church painted with frescos from c. 1460 that was built at the end of the 15th century. It has been protected as a cultural monument of national significance.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 136.
- ^ Postojna municipal site
- ^ Slovenian Tourist Board site
- ^ "4028: Predjama - Cerkev Žalostne Matere božje" [4028: Predjama – Our Lady of Sorrows Church]. Register nepremične kulturne dediščine [Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage] (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture, Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
External links
[edit]Media related to Predjama at Wikimedia Commons
- Predjama on Geopedia