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7 unusual facts about Idrija


Črni Vrh Observatory

The Črni Vrh Observatory (Observatorij Črni Vrh, IAU code 106) is located in Western Slovenia, close to the settlement Črni Vrh, near the town of Idrija.

Godovič Pass

The Godovič Pass is a mountain pass between Ajdovščina and Črni Vrh, both in the Goriška region of Slovenia.

Idrialite

It was first described in 1832 for an occurrence in the Idrija region west of Ljubljana, northwestern, Slovenia.

Idrija

The ghost town of New Idria, California, a site of mercury mining during the 19th-century California Gold Rush, was named after Idrija.

Nikola Pašić

At the time when Benito Mussolini was willing to modify the Treaty of Rapallo, which cut off a quarter of Slovene ethnic territory from the remaining three-quarters of Slovenes living in the Kingdom of SHS, in order to annex the independent state of Rijeka to Italy, Pašić's attempts to correct the borders at Postojna and Idrija were also undermined by regent Alexander preferring "good relations" with Italy.

Zablujena generacija

Zablujena generacija (Delusive or Stray generation) is a Slovene "saloon" punk - alternative rock musical group from Idrija.

Žirovnica

Žirovnica, Idrija, a settlement in the Municipality of Idrija, Slovenia


Govejek

Govejk, a settlement in the Municipality of Idrija (known as Govejek until 1980)

Krnice

Idrijske Krnice, a settlement in the Municipality of Idrija (known as (Idrske) Krnice until 1952/1980)

Ledinske Krnice, a settlement in the Municipality of Idrija (known as Krnice until 1952)


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