Vrsno (; ) is a small village in the

Municipality of Kobarid The Municipality of Kobarid (; ) is a municipality in the Upper Soča Valley in western Slovenia, near the Italian border. The seat of the municipality is the town of Kobarid. The municipality was established on 3 October 1994, when the former la ...

in the

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region of

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. Vrsno is best known as the birthplace of the

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Simon Gregorčič Simon Gregorčič (15 October 1844 – 24 November 1906) was a Slovene poet and Roman Catholic priest. He is considered the first lyric poet of the Slovene realist poetry and the most melodical Slovene poet. Biography Gregorčič (Oct ...

. Since 1966, Gregorčič's home has housed a small

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museum with some exhibits from the poet's life. The museum also showcases the poet's artistic work, displays a timeline of historic events that occurred in his lifetime, and presents his relatives and notable contemporaries.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Vrsno include: * Anton Gregorčič (1852–1925), conservative politician *

(1844–1906), poet

References

External links

Vrsno on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kobarid {{Kobarid-geo-stub