Orešje

Orešje is a formerly independent settlement in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in southwestern Slovenia. It is now part of the town of Col. It is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Gorizia Statistical Region.

Type: Hamlet
Description: place in Inner Carniola, Slovenia
Also known as: “Oresje”, “Orešje, Ajdovščina”, and “Oréssia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Trilek Castle and St. Daniel’s Parish Church.

Trilek Castle

Castle

Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trilek Castle, also known as Old Castle, is a small castle or fort in the settlement of Col, in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in southwest Slovenia. Built in the early 16th century, it was first mentioned in the 17th-century historian Johann Weikhard von Valvasor's 1689 survey The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola.

St. Daniel’s Parish Church

Church

Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kovk

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Kovk is a peak, which is situated 3 km west of Orešje.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Col and Sanabor.

Col

Village

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Col is a settlement on the edge of a karst plateau overlooking the Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the traditional Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.