Central Europe
Slovenia
Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica

Miren castle

Miren Castle is an elevation above the settlement of near , in southwest . The origin of the name, which came into usage in the 16th century, remains unexplained.
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Photo: TadejM, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sinkhole and Cerje.

Meadow
Photo: Hendrik Dacquin, CC BY 2.0.
A 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 , swallow hole or swallet. is situated 2 km south of Miren castle.

Peak
Photo: BojanM79, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak.

Cemetery
Photo: Andre86, Public domain.
is situated 1½ km north of Miren castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orehovlje and Vrtoče.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a settlement next to in the in the Littoral region of . The local church is dedicated to Saint Augustine and belongs to the Parish of Miren.

Hamlet
is a dispersed settlement south of in the in the Littoral region of .

Village
Photo: Žiga, Public domain.
is an urbanized settlement in the in the Littoral region of right next to the border with . The hill known as Castle rises above the settlement to the south.

Miren castle

Latitude
45.88361° or 45° 53′ 1″ north
Longitude
13.60384° or 13° 36′ 14″ east
Elevation
117 metres (384 feet)
Open location code
8FQMVJM3+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1460836854
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Geo­Names ID
12519668
Wiki­data ID
Q3402620
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Satellite Map

Discover Miren castle from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • Italian: “San grado di Merna”
  • Macedonian: “Миренски Град”
  • Slovenian: “Arheološko območje Grad”
  • Slovenian: “Mirenski grad”
  • Ukrainian: “Миренський град”

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