Fort Predil
The Predil Depot, also known as the Predil Roadblock, is a fortification built by Austria-Hungary to guard against an Italian attack through the Predil Pass.- Type: Castle
- Description: austro-Hungarian fortification
- Also known as: “Fort Predel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Predil Pass and Log pod Mangartom Mosque.
Predil Pass
Mountain saddle
The Predil Pass or Predel Pass is a high mountain pass on the border between Italy and Slovenia.
Log pod Mangartom Mosque
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Log pod Mangartom Mosque was a Sunni Islam mosque that stood from 1916 until the 1920s near the village of Log pod Mangartom in the Austrian Littoral, Austria-Hungary, in the area of what is now the Municipality of Bovec in northwestern Slovenia. Log pod Mangartom Mosque is situated 2½ km south of Fort Predil.
Raibl Blockhouse
Ruins
The Raibl Blockhouse, also known as Fort Gota Aibl, is an Austro-Hungarian fortification built on what is now the Italian-Slovenian border. Work began in the spring of 1885 and ended in July 1887. Raibl Blockhouse is situated 2 km west of Fort Predil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strmec na Predelu and Log pod Mangartom.
Strmec na Predelu
Hamlet
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Strmec na Predelu is a settlement in the Municipality of Bovec in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It lies on the road to the Predel Pass. Another road, distinguished by being the road built at the highest elevation in Slovenia, splits off the road to Predel and leads to the lodge on Mangart Saddle.
Log pod Mangartom
Village
Photo: Blanka Šteblaj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Log pod Mangartom, is a settlement in the Municipality of Bovec in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It comprises the former villages of Gorenji Log and Spodnji Log as well as the hamlets of Loška Koritnica, Možnica, and Pustina.
Cave del Predil
Village
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cave del Predil is a frazione subdivision of the comune of Tarvisio in the Province of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy. Cave del Predil is situated 2½ km northwest of Fort Predil.
Fort Predil
- Categories: fort, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipality of Bovec, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.42067° or 46° 25′ 14″ northLongitude
13.58842° or 13° 35′ 18″ eastOpen location code
8FRMCHCQ+79OpenStreetMap ID
way 378971194OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q18564153
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Slovenian—“Fort Predil” goes by many names.
- German: “Untere Pass-Sperre Predil”
- Slovenian: “Predelska trdnjava”
- Slovenian: “Trdnjava Predel”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Trdnjava Predel and Smaragdno oko.
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