Podvrh () is a small settlement in the hills above the left bank of the

Kolpa River The Kupa () or Kolpa ( or ; from in Roman times; ) river, a right tributary of the Sava, forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia. It is long, with a length of serving as the border between Croatia and Slovenia ...

in the

Municipality of Osilnica The Municipality of Osilnica (; ) is a municipality in southern Slovenia. It gets its name from the largest settlement and seat of the municipality, Osilnica. It borders Croatia. Settlements In addition to the municipal seat of Osilnica, the mun ...

in southern

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. It lies in the traditional region of

Lower Carniola Lower Carniola ( ; ) is a traditional region in 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 an ...

and is now included in the

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. There is a small

chapel-shrine A wayside shrine is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mount ...

in the settlement dedicated to the

Virgin Mary Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, various titles such as Perpetual virginity ...

. It dates from 1840.

Nature

Local

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...

include ''

Adscita statices ''Adscita statices'', the green forester, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Europe, Mongolia and western Russia. Description The wingspan is . The antennae, head, thorax, legs and abdomen are shiny green (the thorax is occasiona ...

'', '' Jordanita globulariae'' and ''

Zygaena purpuralis ''Zygaena purpuralis'', the transparent burnet, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. Description ''Zygaena purpuralis'' is a medium-sized moth with a wingspan reaching . Usually the forewings show three bright red longitudinal streaks quite v ...

''.

References

External links

Podvrh on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Osilnica {{Osilnica-geo-stub