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Pečine Slovenia - Church
Pečine () is a village in the mountains above the right bank of the Idrijca River in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Slovenian Littoral, Littoral region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Črni Vrh, Kabiunk, Kal, Maraževec, Podkal, Travnik, and Stari Rut. Name The name ''Pečine'' is a plural form derived from the word ''peč'' 'large cliff, rocky wall' (which developed from the earlier meaning 'hollow in a cliff', ultimately from 'place for cooking'). Like similar names (e.g., ''Peč, Grosuplje, Peč'', ''Pečice, Brežice, Pečice'', ''Pečke'', etc.), it refers to a local landscape element. History In the hamlet of Stari Rut, 1 km northwest of Pečine, are the remains of an ancient hill fort. This site is still referred to as Castle Peak () locally. A silver Roman fibula found in the area, now kept at the museum in Tolmin, attests to early settlement here. During the Second World War, the village was bombarded by German forces in February 1944, destroying several house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Slovenia
The national flag of Slovenia () features three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, with the coat of arms of Slovenia located in the upper hoist side of the flag centred in the white and blue bands. The coat of arms is a shield with the image of Mount Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, in white against a blue background at the centre; beneath it are two wavy blue lines representing the Adriatic Sea and local rivers, and above it are three six-pointed golden stars arranged in an inverted triangle which are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje, the great Slovene dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th centuries. The Slovenian flag's colours are considered to be Pan-Slavism, pan-Slavic, but they actually come from the Middle Ages, medieval coat of arms of the Holy Roman duchy of Carniola, consisting of 3 stars, a mountain, and three colours (red, blue, yellow), crescent. The existing Slovene tricolor, Slovene tricolour was raised for the first t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill Fort
A hillfort is a type of fortification, fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typical of the late Bronze Age Europe, European Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe, Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roman Empire, Roman period. The fortification usually follows the contours of a hill and consists of one or more lines of Earthworks (Archaeology), earthworks or stone Rampart (fortification), ramparts, with stockades or defensive walls, and external ditches. If enemies were approaching, the inhabitants would spot them from a distance. Prehistoric Europe saw a growing population. It has been estimated that in about 5000 BC during the Neolithic between 2 million and 5 million lived in Europe; in the Late Iron Age it had an estimated population of around 15 to 30 million. Outside Greece and Italy, which were more densely populated, the vast majority of settlements in the Iron Age were small, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponikve, Tolmin
Ponikve () is a nucleated village, clustered settlement in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Slovene Littoral, Littoral region of Slovenia. Geography Ponikve is located on the western part of the () or Šentviška Gora Plateau (''Šentviškogorska planota'') south of the (). It lies on the road from Idrija pri Bači to Pečine to Slap ob Idrijci. Ponikve includes the hamlets and isolated farms of Lazi, Ostrožnik, Penček, Pri Puhu, Rob, Rute, V Grapi, Zagomilca, Zapušnik, and Za Vrhom. The village core lies in a basin surrounded by the following hills: Oblačno Brdo (), Pušnik (), Zadnik (), Gasilca (), Križ (), and Lepa Gorica (). Penček Hill (, ) stands to the east, north of Penček. Intermittent Lake Rupa (surface area 0.12 ha, max. depth 2 m) lies north of the village. The lake is the source of an intermittent losing stream, influent stream that disappears into a gorge at the end of the village, probably reemerging at Kresnica Cave above the hamlet of Potoka near Slap o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
