Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The largest town in the region is Kranj, and other urban centers include Kamnik, Jesenice, Domžale and Škofja Loka.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Lesce-Bled Airport and Lipnica Castle.
Lesce-Bled Airport
Aerodrome
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Lesce-Bled Airport is located in Lesce, in the northwest part of Slovenia, only a few "air" kilometers between airports in Slovenia and Austria. Road connections with Austria and Italy are possible via the A2 motorway.
Lipnica Castle
Castle
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Lipnica Castle, also known as Deserted Castle above Lipnica, is a castle ruin near the settlement of Zgornja Lipnica in Upper Carniola, above Lipnica Creek, in the Municipality of Radovljica.
Lesce-Bled railway station
Railway station
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Lesce-Bled railway station is a railway station in the town of Lesce in the Upper Carniola region of northwestern Slovenia. It also serves the nearby town of Bled about 4 km away. It is operated by Slovenian Railways.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Srednja Dobrava and Bled.
Srednja Dobrava
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Srednja Dobrava is a small village on a plain between Jelovica plateau and the Karavanke range. It is peaceful, yet close to the popular tourist sights. Bled is 15 km away.
Bled
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Bled is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia. It is one of Slovenia's most visited tourist destinations. The town is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Bled.
Radovljica
Town
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Radovljica is a town in the Upper Carniola region of northern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Radovljica.
Upper Carniola
- Type: Region with 200,000 residents
- Description: traditional region of Slovenia
- Category: historical region
- Location: Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Venetian—“Upper Carniola” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Alta Carniola”
- Belarusian: “Верхняя Крайна”
- Catalan: “Alta Carniola”
- Chinese: “上卡尼奧拉”
- Croatian: “Gorenjska”
- Czech: “Horní Kraňsko”
- Estonian: “Ülem-Krain”
- Finnish: “Gorenjska”
- French: “Haute-Carniole”
- Galician: “Alta Carniola”
- German: “Oberkrain”
- Greek: “Άνω Καρνιόλη”
- Hungarian: “Felső-Krajna”
- Hungarian: “Gorenjska”
- Indonesian: “Carniola Hulu”
- Indonesian: “Gorenjska”
- Indonesian: “Krain Hulu”
- Italian: “Alta Carniola”
- Japanese: “ゴレンスカ”
- Japanese: “ゴレンスカ地方”
- Korean: “고렌스카”
- Latin: “Carniola Superior”
- Macedonian: “Горењска”
- Macedonian: “Горна Краина”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gorenskaja”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gorenjska”
- Norwegian: “Gorenjska”
- Persian: “کارنیولای بالا”
- Persian: “گورنجسکا”
- Polish: “Górna Kraina”
- Portuguese: “Alta Carniola”
- Portuguese: “Alta Carníola”
- Portuguese: “Gorenjska”
- Russian: “Верхняя Крайна”
- Russian: “Гореньска”
- Serbian: “Gorenjska”
- Serbian: “Горењска”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gorenjska”
- Slovak: “Horné Kraňsko”
- Slovenian: “Gorenjska”
- Slovenian: “Gorenjsko okrožje”
- Slovenian: “Gorenjsko”
- Slovenian: “Gorenska stran”
- Slovenian: “Gorensku”
- Slovenian: “Oberkrain”
- Slovenian: “Zgornja Kranjska”
- Spanish: “Alta Carniola”
- Spanish: “Goreniska”
- Spanish: “Gorenjska”
- Swedish: “Övre Krain”
- Tatar: “Югары Карниола”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Carniola”
- Ukrainian: “Верхня Крайна”
- Urdu: “بالائی کیرنیولا”
- Venetian: “Alta Carnioła”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lancovo and Zgornja Lipnica.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Radovljica train station and Sava Bohinjka.
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