Hrušica
Hrušica is a plateau at the northern end of the Postojna Gate. The plateau can be viewed as the end or extension of the Trnovo Forest Plateau, and to the west is Mount Nanos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dwelling
- Description: limestone plateau
- Also known as: “ad Pirum”, “Ad Pirum summas Alpes”, and “Hrusica”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ad Pirum.
Ad Pirum
Museum
Photo: Luka Škerjanec, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ad Pirum was a Roman fortress. It was active during the time of the late Roman Empire. It is located on the Hrušica Plateau in southwestern Slovenia, in the hamlet of Hrušica in Podkraj. It was built in the 320s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vodice and Podkraj.
Vodice
Hamlet
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Vodice is a small dispersed settlement in the hills east of Col in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Vodice is situated 3 km northwest of Hrušica.
Podkraj
Village
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Podkraj is a village southeast of Col in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It also includes smaller clusters of the hamlets of Trševje, Sreboti, and Hrušica as well as a number of isolated farmsteads along the road from Col to Kalce. Podkraj is situated 4 km west of Hrušica.
Gorenje
Village
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Gorenje is a village in the hills northwest of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Gorenje is situated 4½ km southeast of Hrušica.
Hrušica
- Categories: mountain range, plateau, locality, residential building, and building
- Location: Ajdovščina Municipality, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.86382° or 45° 51′ 50″ northLongitude
14.11142° or 14° 6′ 41″ eastElevation
877 metres (2,877 feet)Open location code
8FQPV476+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1880691221OpenStreetMap feature
place=isolated_dwelling
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Hrušica” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hrušica”
- Dutch: “Hrušica”
- French: “Hrušica”
- Georgian: “ჰრუშიცის ტყე”
- German: “Birnbaum”
- German: “Birnbaumer Wald”
- German: “Birnbaumerwald”
- Italian: “Grusizza Piro”
- Italian: “Selva di Piro”
- Ladin: “Birnbaumer Wald”
- Slovenian: “Ad Pirum”
- Slovenian: “Hrušica”
- Venetian: “Hrušica”
- Venetian: “Selva de Piro”
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