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Magozd (; it, Magosti) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kobarid in the Littoral region of Slovenia.


Name

The village was attested in written sources in 1409 as ''Namabisgonden'', circa 1439 as ''Na mali gosden'', and in 1763–87 as ''Magost zu Dresenze''. The name is derived from ''*Mal(i) gozd'' (literally, 'little woods'), via ''*Ma gozd'', with syncope of the second syllable.


Church

A small church dedicated to
Saint Anne According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come o ...
can be found just outside the village. It was built in the late 15th century and the belfry was added in the 17th century. It also has a 17th-century wooden altar.Kobarid municipal site


References


External links


Magozd on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kobarid {{Kobarid-geo-stub