Kluže Fortress

The Kluže Fortress is a fort near the town of in northwestern . The original fortress was built in 1472 near Bovec on the road between and .
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  • Museum
  • …is also known as “Kluže”
  • Opening hours: July–August 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
  • Description: fort in Slovenia
  • Address: Ravni laz 16, Log pod Mangartom, 5231

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Hermann and Svinjak.

Ruins
Photo: AndrejS.K, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Herman is an Austro-Hungarian fortification built on Mount Rombon, now in . is situated 210 metres southwest of Kluže Fortress.

Peak
Photo: Axel.Mauruszat, CC BY 3.0 de.
Mount is a 1,653-meter mountain in northwestern in the .

Peak
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is a peak, which is situated 3 km west of Kluže Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kal–Koritnica and Bavšica.

Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the in the Littoral region of . is situated 3 km south of Kluže Fortress.

Hamlet
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is a dispersed settlement in the in the Littoral region of . is situated 3½ km east of Kluže Fortress.

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town of 1,600 people on the Soča river in northwestern .

Kluže Fortress

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Latitude
46.36119° or 46° 21′ 40″ north
Longitude
13.58977° or 13° 35′ 23″ east
Open location code
8FRM9H6Q+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1278420064
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q2027148

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Slovenian—“Kluže Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Kluže”
  • Dutch: “Kluze”
  • Dutch: “Kluže”
  • French: “Fort de Kluže”
  • French: “fort Hermann”
  • French: “fort Kluže”
  • German: “Flitscher Klause”
  • Italian: “Chiusa di Plezzo”
  • Macedonian: “Тврдина Клуже”
  • Slovenian: “Trdnjava Bovške Kluže”
  • Slovenian: “Trdnjava Kluže”

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