Just off the main road, on the north side of the pass, at an elevation of around 1,200 m, there is the Russian Orthodox chapel, built by the Russian POWs to commemorate their comrades dead during the road construction.
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In early 1915, the small town of Kranjska Gora suddenly became strategically important due to its proximity to the Isonzo Front.
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To facilitate access from the town to the front, the Austro-Hungarian authorities ordered the construction of a military road across Vršič, a 1,611 m pass between the Sava and Soča valleys, to be built by Russian POWs.
A miners' church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary of Loreto, stands above the settlement on the way to Vršič.