Zalošče () is a

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in western

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in the

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. It is located in the lower

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in the

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region of the

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History

In the northern part of the village, there is a large building that used to be a monastery in the 16th and 17th centuries. There is an Austro-Hungarian military cemetery from the First World War on a small hill next to Saint Lawrence's Church. The individual grave markers are no longer present, and only the central monument remains.

Church

The local church is dedicated to

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and belongs to the Parish of

Dornberk Dornberk (; ) is a village in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located in the Vipava Valley within the ''Goriška'' region of the Slovenian Littoral. Dornberk is the centre of a local community that includes the satellite ...

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Zalošče include: *Rafael Rojic (1844–1927), physician and politician *Ivan Rejec (1878–1958), sociologist and translator

References

External links

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Zalošče on Geopedia
Populated places in the Urban Municipality of Nova Gorica {{NovaGorica-geo-stub