Vilenica Cave
Vilenica Cave or Vilenica Cave at Lokev is the oldest show cave in Europe. The first tourists to the cave were recorded in 1633. It is located next to the village of Lokev in the municipality of Sežana on the Karst Plateau in southwestern Slovenia.Photo: Tiesse, Public domain.
- Email: info@vilenica.com
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Slovenia
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua and Monte Cocusso.
The Chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua
Church
Photo: János Korom Dr., CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua is a church, which is situated 2½ km west of Vilenica Cave.
Monte Cocusso
Peak
Photo: Rupikaber, Public domain.
Mount Cocusso is a mountainous relief on the border between Italy and Slovenia. It is the highest mountain in the Trieste Karst. Monte Cocusso is situated 3½ km southwest of Vilenica Cave.
Povir railway stop
Railway station
Photo: Ajznponar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Povir railway stop is a railway station, which is situated 3 km northeast of Vilenica Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lokev and Plešivica.
Lokev
Village
Photo: Marino-sl, Public domain.
Lokev is a settlement in the Municipality of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia, close to the border with Italy.
Plešivica
Hamlet
Plešivica is a small village west of Povir in the Municipality of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
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Vilenica Cave
- Categories: show cave, archaeological site, and landform
- Location: Municipality of Sežana, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.67448° or 45° 40′ 28″ northLongitude
13.91181° or 13° 54′ 43″ eastElevation
418 metres (1,371 feet)Operator
Jamarsko društvo SežanaOpen location code
8FQMMWF6+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 670652036OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q2722886
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Vilenica Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف فيلينيتسا”
- Bosnian: “Vilenica”
- Croatian: “Vilenica”
- Czech: “Vilenica”
- Dutch: “Vilenica Cave”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف فيلينيكا”
- German: “Feenhöhle”
- Italian: “grotta di Corgnale”
- Italian: “Grotta di Corgnale”
- Italian: “Grotta Vilenica”
- Japanese: “ヴィレニツァ洞窟”
- Japanese: “ヴィレニツァ鍾乳洞”
- Latvian: “Viļenica”
- Macedonian: “Виленица (пештера)”
- Macedonian: “Виленица”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vilenica”
- Norwegian: “Vilenica”
- Persian: “غار ویلهنیتسا”
- Polish: “Vilenica”
- Slovenian: “Jama Vilenica”
- Slovenian: “Vilenica”
- Swedish: “Vilenicagrottan”
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