Brajda

Brajda is a locality in Municipality of Miren–Kostanjevica, Slovenia. Brajda is situated nearby to the neighborhood Pod Otokom, as well as near the village Miren.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sinkhole and Miren Cemetery.

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. Sinkhole is situated 3 km south of Brajda.

Miren Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Andre86, Public domain.

Our Lady of Sorrows Church

Church

Photo: BojanM79, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miren and Orehovlje.

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.

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.