Zakojca () is a settlement in the

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in the traditional

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region of

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. It consists of three hamlets: Dolnja Vas, Srednja Vas, and Gornja Vas ( sl, Dolnja vas, Srednja vas, Gornja vas).

Name

The name of the settlement is derived from Mount Kojca. It is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection (''za'' + ''Kojca'', literally 'behind Mount Kojca') and refers to the settlement's location on the opposite (north) side of Mount Kojca in relation to other nearby villages on the south side of the mountain.

France Bevk home

Zakojca is best known as the birthplace of the writer

France Bevk France Bevk () (17 September 1890 – 17 September 1970) was a Slovene writer, poet and translator. He also wrote under the pseudonym Pavle Sedmak. Biography Bevk was born in the mountain village of Zakojca (Coizza during Italian rule, now p ...

. The house where he was born—a small half-stone, half-log building known as "Jernej's shed" ()—is no longer standing.Information display at the France Bevk home. The house where he spent his childhood is known as the Volar Farm () and is located at Zakojca no. 10 in the hamlet of Dolnja Vas.Nograšek, Metka. 2010. Gospodar Vencelj ve tudi kakšno s "Kmetije slavnih." ''Delo'' (20 January). The house was purchased at an auction by Bevk's grandfather Jakob when Bevk was three years old. The house contains a small ethnological museum downstairs and a literary history

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in the attic with exhibits related to Bevk and his life and work. The home was registered as a Slovenian cultural heritage site in 1986.

Other cultural heritage

There is a double

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belonging to the farm at Zakojca no. 1. It bears a stone inscription with the

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''IHS'', the year 1832, and the name ''Jakob Klousher'' (i.e., ''Jakob Klavžar''). There is a

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monument in the eastern part of the hamlet of Srednja Vas. It consists of a plaque mounted on a concrete block and a concrete pillar on the right side topped by a five-pointed star. The monument was unveiled on 19 August 1951.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 21041

Recreation

The Flander Farm () at Zakojca no. 1 offers farm stays and has an inn. The settlement is also a starting point for hikes to Mount Kojca,

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, and the Zakojca Ravine (), as well as the Bača Ravine ().

Gallery

File:Zakojca Cerkno Slovenia - Bevk home.JPG, France Bevk's childhood home File:Zakojca Slovenia - hayrack plaque.JPG, Hayrack plaque with the year 1832

References

External links

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Zakojca on Geopedia

{{Cerkno Populated places in the Municipality of Cerkno