Podgora pri Ložu (pronounced [pɔdˈɡɔːɾa pɾi ˈloːʒu], Italian: Piedimonte d'Olisa[2]) is a village south of Stari Trg in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Podgora pri Ložu
Podgora pri Ložu is located in Slovenia
Podgora pri Ložu
Podgora pri Ložu
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°41′4.08″N 14°29′16.36″E / 45.6844667°N 14.4878778°E / 45.6844667; 14.4878778
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionInner Carniola
Statistical regionLittoral–Inner Carniola
MunicipalityLoška Dolina
Area
 • Total4.1 km2 (1.6 sq mi)
Elevation
589.1 m (1,932.7 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total105
[1]

Name edit

The name of the settlement was changed from Podgora to Podgora pri Ložu in 1955.[4]

Cultural heritage edit

There is a small chapel in the settlement dedicated to the Holy Family. It was built in 1996 and belongs to the Parish of Stari Trg.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Ballarini, Amleto; Sobolevski, Mihael (2002). Le vittime di nazionalità italiana a Fiume e dintorni (1939–1947) / Zrtve talijanske nacionalnosti u Rijeci i okolici (1939.–1947.) (PDF). Rome: Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali. p. 26. ISBN 88-7125-239-X. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Loška Dolina municipal site
  4. ^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. ^ Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website

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