Miren castle
Miren Castle is an elevation above the settlement of Miren near Nova Gorica, in southwest Slovenia. The origin of the name, which came into usage in the 16th century, remains unexplained.Photo: TadejM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sinkhole and Cerje.
Sinkhole
Meadow
Photo: Hendrik Dacquin, CC BY 2.0.
A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are also known as shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orehovlje and Vrtoče.
Orehovlje
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Orehovlje is a settlement next to Miren in the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica in the Littoral region of Slovenia. The local church is dedicated to Saint Augustine and belongs to the Parish of Miren.
Vrtoče
Hamlet
Vrtoče is a dispersed settlement south of Bilje in the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Miren
Village
Photo: Žiga, Public domain.
Miren is an urbanized settlement in the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica in the Littoral region of Slovenia right next to the border with Italy. The hill known as Miren Castle rises above the settlement to the south.
Miren castle
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 117 metres
- Also known as: “Miren Castle” and “Mirenski Grad”
- Categories: archaeological site and landform
- Location: Municipality of Miren–Kostanjevica, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Miren castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Miren Castle”
- German: “Burg Miren”
- Italian: “Castello di Merna”
- Italian: “Grado di Merna”
- Italian: “Merna castello”
- Macedonian: “Миренски Град”
- Slovenian: “Arheološko območje Grad”
- Slovenian: “Mirenski grad”
- Ukrainian: “Миренський град”
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