Kluže Fortress

The Kluže Fortress is a fort near the town of in northwestern . The original fortress was built in 1472 near Bovec on the road between and .
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  • Slope
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,123 metres (3,684 feet)
  • …is also known as “Kluže”
  • Description: fort in Slovenia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Hermann and Svinjak.
Fort Herman is an Austro-Hungarian fortification built on Mount Rombon, now in .
Mount is a 1,653-meter mountain in northwestern in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bavšica and Kal–Koritnica.
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is a dispersed settlement in the in the Littoral region of .
is a village in the in the Littoral region of . is situated 4 km southwest of Kluže Fortress.
, is a settlement in the in the Littoral region of . is situated 4 km north of Kluže Fortress.

Kluže Fortress

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Latitude
46.36889° or 46° 22′ 8″ north
Longitude
13.60194° or 13° 36′ 7″ east
Open location code
8FRM9J92+HQ
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Slovenian—“Kluže Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Kluže”
  • Dutch: “Kluze”
  • Dutch: “Kluže”
  • French: “Fort de Kluže”
  • French: “fort Hermann”
  • French: “fort Kluže”
  • German: “Flitscher Klause”
  • Macedonian: “Тврдина Клуже”
  • Slovenian: “Trdnjava Bovške Kluže”
  • Slovenian: “Trdnjava Kluže”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rombon and Veliki Snežni Vrh.

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