Planina () is a
village in the hills south of the
Vipava Valley on the border with the
Karst Plateau in the
Municipality of Ajdovščina in the traditional
Inner Carniola region of
Slovenia.
It is now generally regarded as part of the
Slovenian Littoral
The Slovene Littoral ( sl, Primorska, ; it, Litorale; german: Küstenland) is one of the five traditional regions of Slovenia. Its name recalls the former Austrian Littoral (''Avstrijsko Primorje''), the Habsburg possessions on the upper Ad ...
. It is made up of smaller clusters of the hamlets of Štrancarji, Marci, Dolenja Vas ( sl, Dolenja vas), Brithi, Gorenja Vas (), and Koboli.
The
parish church in the settlement is dedicated to
Saint Cantius and belongs to the
Koper
Koper (; it, Capodistria, hr, Kopar) is the fifth largest city in Slovenia. Located in the Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, approximately five kilometres () south of the border with Italy and 20 kilometres () from Triest ...
Diocese. A second church belonging to the
parish is built on a hill south of the main settlement and is dedicated to
Saint Paul
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
.
Koper Diocese list of churches
References
External links
Planina at Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ajdovščina
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