Slokarji

Slokarji is a formerly independent settlement in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in southwestern Slovenia. It is now part of the village of Lokavec. It is part of the traditional region of the Littoral and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Gorizia Statistical Region.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Otliško okno and Ajdovščina Airfield.

Otliško okno

Photo: TadejM, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ajdovščina Airfield

Aerodrome

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ajdovščina Airfield is a local airfield and tourist aerodrome in the Vipava Valley, Slovenia. The field was originally built for the Battles of the Isonzo and is today home to the Josip Križaj Ajdovščina Aeroclub and the ultralight aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel. Ajdovščina Airfield is situated 3 km south of Slokarji.

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 3 km south of Slokarji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lokavec and Otlica.

Lokavec

Village

Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.

Lokavec is a settlement on the northern edge of the Vipava Valley northwest of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It lies below the slopes of Mount Čaven, below the Slano Blato Landslide.

Otlica

Village

Photo: Tomaž Demšar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.