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After the war, the military cemetery east of Bovec was expanded and the remains of Austro-Hungarian and
Italian soldiers were transferred to the cemetery from surrounding cemeteries. The remains of the Italian soldiers were exhumed and transferred to the Italian military ossuary outside
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British-U.S. occupation. Between June 1945 and September 1947, Bovec and the entire right bank of the Soča River was included in Zone A of the former Julian March, which was under Allied military administration, with the
1016:) is located next to the entrance to the town cemetery. It contained the remains of 11 German soldiers killed between 1941 and 1945. The names of all of them are known. The grave was exhumed in 2000 and the remains were transferred to
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in 1377). During the 12th and 13th centuries, the name designated not only the settlement itself, but also the wider Upper Soča region, including the
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From top, left to right: Bovec from above, Administration building, Kluže Fort, St. Mary's Church, Martinov Hram Inn, Town center
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Die postalischen
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shook the town in April 1998, and a weaker one occurred in July 2004, with a 4.9 magnitude.
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Pregled politične zgodovine
Slovencev na Goriškem, 1848-1899
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797:) in the south, which Maximilian had inherited in 1500.
1051:. Another moderate quake with a magnitude of 5.6 on the
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1253:Information sign at the Bovec Military Cemetery.
1170:. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
1133:Vasja Klavora (born 1936), author and politician
967:Between 1943 and 1945, the area was occupied by
1097:(2864 m), the Soča River, Lake Krn, the Kanin (
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1201:Gradivo za zgodovino Slovencev v srednjem veku
1189:Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
609:in 952 and was incorporated into the Imperial
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1090:award in 2008 with the Soča Stories project.
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1203:, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Leonova družba, p. 259.
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1040:. In 1951, Bovec became a town. With the
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1263:Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009).
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650:Historical population
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1595:St. Leonard's Church
1570:Log Koritnica Valley
1323:at Wikimedia Commons
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1034:Paris Peace Treaties
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300: • Density
173:Location in Slovenia
1545:Bovec Parish Church
1215:Snoj, Marko. 2009.
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