Ravni Dol, Sodražica
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Ravni Dol (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 50.) is a small settlement in the hills west of Ribnica in southern
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. It belongs to the
Municipality of Sodražica The Municipality of Sodražica (; ) is a municipality in the Lower Carniola region of Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Sodražica. It is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. It borders the municipalities of ...
. The area is part of the traditional region of
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and is now included in the
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.


Mass graves

Ravni Dol is the site of five known
mass graves A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may Unidentified decedent, not be identified prior to burial. The United Nations has defined a criminal mass grave as a burial site containing three or more victims of exec ...
associated with the Second World War. The Travna Gora 1–4 mass graves () are located at four sites west of Ravni Dol, directly south of the Travna Gora Lodge (). The fourth grave is marked by a wooden cross below the road. The first grave is about below this, the second grave another down, and the third grave further. The graves contain the remains of 48 prisoners of war from the prison in
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murdered by the
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Šercer Brigade on 2 November 1943 in revenge for the escape of 10 prisoners that killed a guard near Glažuta. The Big Mountain Deep Cave Mass Grave ()—also known as the Shaft 217/218 Mass Grave () or Krajc Peak Cave Mass Grave ()—is located north of Krajc Peak () and about south of the Travna Gora Lodge. It contains the remains of Slovenes from Travna Gora.


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Ravni Dol on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Sodražica {{Sodražica-geo-stub