Zagon
Zagon is a village northwest of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Notburga and belongs to the Parish of Postojna.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 194 residents
- Description: village in Postojna Municipality, Slovenia
- Also known as: “Zagon, Postojna”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Postojna Cave and Betal Rock Shelter.
Postojna Cave
Cave
Photo: Lander, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Postojna Cave is a 24.34 km long karst cave system near Postojna, southwestern Slovenia. It is the second-longest cave system in the country as well as one of its top tourism sites. The caves were created by the Pivka River. Postojna Cave is situated 2½ km southeast of Zagon.
Betal Rock Shelter
Archaeological site
Photo: Sl-Ziga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Betal Rock Shelter, a karst cave located on the south-eastern edge of the Lower Pivka Valley on a slope just above the road from Postojna to Bukovje, is a site where rich cultural sediment layers with remains of stone tools, artifacts, and numerous fossilized bones of contemporary animals were found.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mali Otok and Veliki Otok.
Mali Otok
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mali Otok is a small village northwest of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
Veliki Otok
Village
Veliki Otok is a village north of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The entrance to Postojna Cave lies immediately east of the village.
Hrašče
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hrašče is a village west of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Hrašče is situated 2½ km southwest of Zagon.
Zagon
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Postojna, Coast and Karst, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.79432° or 45° 47′ 40″ northLongitude
14.17637° or 14° 10′ 35″ eastPopulation
194Elevation
545 metres (1,788 feet)Open location code
8FQPQ5VG+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1473009712OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3186930Wikidata ID
Q1915246
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Urdu—“Zagon” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Zagon”
- Cebuano: “Zagon”
- Chechen: “Загон”
- Croatian: “Zagon”
- Dutch: “Zagon”
- French: “Zagon”
- Irish: “Zagon”
- Italian: “Sagona”
- Macedonian: “Загон (Постојна)”
- Macedonian: “Загон”
- Polish: “Zagon (Słowenia)”
- Polish: “Zagon”
- Romanian: “Zagon, Postojna”
- Romanian: “Zagon”
- Serbian: “Загон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zagon”
- Slovenian: “Zagon”
- Tatar: “Загон”
- Ukrainian: “Загон”
- Urdu: “زاگوں، پوستوجنا”
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