Žaga, Bovec
Place in Slovenian Littoral, Slovenia
46°18′4.67″N 13°28′41.47″E / 46.3012972°N 13.4781861°E / 46.3012972; 13.4781861
Slovenia (2020)
Žaga (pronounced [ˈʒaːɡa]; Italian: Saga[2]) is a settlement on the right bank of the Soča River in the Municipality of Bovec in the Littoral region of Slovenia. The turn for the road to Resia in Italy is in the middle of the settlement.
Geography
Boka Falls is a waterfall on Boka Creek in the northeast part of the settlement. There are also two other waterfalls on Globoka Creek in the western part of the settlement.[3]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Žaga include:
- Oskar Hudales (1905–1968), writer, translator, and teacher[3]
- Anton Ocvirk (1907–1980), literary historian[3]
- Stane Žagar (1896–1942), communist activist and people's hero of Yugoslavia[3]
References
- ^ "SURS". www.stat.si. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ bilingual toponym Saga, Žaga in: Gemeindelexikon, der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Königreiche und Länder. Bearbeit auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900. Herausgegeben von der K.K. Statistischen Zentralkommission. VII. Österreichisch-Illyrisches Küstenland (Triest, Görz und Gradiska, Istrien). Wien 1906
- ^ a b c d Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 431–432.
External links
Media related to Žaga at Wikimedia Commons- Žaga on Geopedia
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Municipality of Bovec
Administrative seat: Bovec
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- Boka Falls
- Bovec Military Cemetery
- Bovec Parish Church
- Juliana Alpine Botanical Garden
- Kanin Ski Resort
- Kluže Fortress
- Kugy Monument
- Log Koritnica Valley
- Log pod Mangartom Mosque
- Mangart Saddle
- Soča Military Cemetery
- Soča River
- St. Leonard's Church
- St. Ulrich's Parish Church
- Trenta
- Triglav Lakes Valley
- Vršič Pass
- Vasja Klavora
- Ferdo Kravanja
- Anton Ocvirk
