Kobdilj (; it, Cobidil San Gregorio) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

south of Štanjel in the

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in the

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region of

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next to the border with Italy.

History

During the Second World War the village was burned by German forces.

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Gregory and belongs to the

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of Štanjel.

Observatory

There is an astronomical observatory in the settlement. It was built between 2005 and 2008 and put into regular remote operation in January 2008. Most of the research time in the observatory is dedicated to monitoring

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Notable residents

* Stanko Bunc (1907–1969), linguist and literary historian *

Max Fabiani Maximilian Fabiani, commonly known as Max Fabiani ( it, Massimo, sl, Maks) (29 April 1865 – 12 August 1962) was a cosmopolitan trilingual architect and town planner of mixed Italian-Austrian ancestry, born in the village of Kobdilj near Š ...

(1865–1962), architect * Anton Mahnič (1850–1920), Roman Catholic bishop and theologian

References

External links

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Kobdilj on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Komen {{Komen-geo-stub