Kovk

Kovk is a dispersed settlement on the edge of a karst plateau north of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Together with the ridge-top villages of Predmeja, Otlica, and Gozd, it is part of an area locally known as Gora.

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Type: Village with 134 residents
Description: place in Littoral, Slovenia
Also known as: “Kovk, Ajdovščina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Otliško okno and The Roman fortress Castra.

Otliško okno

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The Roman fortress Castra

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Castra ad Fluvium Frigidum, also simply Castra, referred to as mutatio Castra in Itinerarium Burdigalense, was a Late-Roman fortress which constituted the centre of Claustra Alpium Iuliarum, an Ancient Roman defensive system of walls and towers stretching from the Gail Valley to the Učka mountain range. The Roman fortress Castra is situated 3½ km southwest of Kovk.

Holy Guardian Angels Church of Otlica

Church

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Holy Guardian Angels Church of Otlica is situated 2½ km northwest of Kovk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gozd and Otlica.

Gozd

Hamlet

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Gozd is a dispersed settlement on the edge of a karst plateau east of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Together with the ridge-top villages of Predmeja, Kovk, and Otlica, it is part of an area locally known as Gora.

Otlica

Village

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Otlica is a dispersed settlement in the hills north of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It is made up of smaller clusters of the hamlets of Sibirija, Kitajska, Kurja Vas, and Cerkovna, as well as a number of outlying isolated farms. Otlica is situated 2½ km northwest of Kovk.