Kovk
Kovk is a hamlet in Ajdovščina Municipality, Slovenia. Kovk is situated nearby to the hamlet Lemoški Grič, as well as near Gozd.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kovk and The Roman fortress Castra.
Kovk
Peak
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Kovk is a peak, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Kovk.
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 3½ km southwest of Kovk.
St. Nicholas’s Parish Church
Church
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St. Nicholas’s Parish Church is situated 3½ km south of Kovk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kovk and Gozd.
Kovk
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kovk is a dispersed settlement on the edge of a karst plateau north of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Together with the ridge-top villages of Predmeja, Otlica, and Gozd, it is part of an area locally known as Gora.
Gozd
Hamlet
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Gozd is a dispersed settlement on the edge of a karst plateau east of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Together with the ridge-top villages of Predmeja, Kovk, and Otlica, it is part of an area locally known as Gora.
Grivče
Hamlet
Grivče is a settlement on the northern outskirts of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Grivče is situated 3 km southwest of Kovk.
Kovk
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Ajdovščina Municipality, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.90464° or 45° 54′ 17″ northLongitude
13.94721° or 13° 56′ 50″ eastOpen location code
8FQMWW3W+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 414043044OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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