Škocjan, Divača
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Škocjan (; ) is a small settlement in the
Municipality of Divača The Municipality of Divača (; ) is a municipality in the Slovenian Littoral, Littoral region of Slovenia, near the Italy, Italian border. The seat of the municipality is the town of Divača. The municipality was established on 6 November 1994, w ...
in the
Littoral The littoral zone, also called litoral or nearshore, is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore. In coastal ecology, the littoral zone includes the intertidal zone extending from the high water mark (which is rarely i ...
region of
Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
. Nearby
Škocjan Caves Škocjan Caves (; , ) is a cave system located in Slovenia. Škocjan Caves was included on UNESCO’s list of natural and cultural World Heritage Sites in 1986. Škocjan Caves is a significant underground phenomenon on the Karst Plateau and in ...
is named after the village. The local church is dedicated to Saint Cantianius and belongs to the
parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
of
Rodik Rodik () is a village northeast of Kozina in the Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Trinity and belongs to the Koper Diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, ch ...
.


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Škocjan on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Divača {{Divača-geo-stub