Grgar

Grgar
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Grgar Location in Slovenia
Coordinates:
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Slovenian Littoral
Statistical region	Gorizia
Municipality	Nova Gorica
Area
• Total	16.87 km2 (6.51 sq mi)
Elevation	297.4 m (975.7 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	813

Grgar (pronounced [ˈɡəɾɡaɾ]; Italian: Gargarocode: it is deprecated ) is a village in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located under Holy Mount (Slovene: Sveta gora), above the Soča Valley and below the Banjšice Plateau.

Mass graves

Grgar is the site of two known mass graves associated with the Second World War. The Podgomila Shaft Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Brezno Podgomila), also known as the Miljavec Shaft Mass Grave (Grobišče Miljavčev brezen), is located on the left side of the road to Grgarske Ravne, about 1 km north of Grgar. It contains the remains of Home Guard and Italian prisoners of war, and Slovene and Italian civilians murdered in May 1945. The Jošč Shaft Mass Grave (Grobišče Joščevo brezno) is located on the left side of the road to Grgarske Ravne, about 1 km north of Grgar. It contains the remains of unknown victims.

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Martin and belongs to the Diocese of Koper.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Grgar include:

• Matej Bor, pen name of Vladimir Pavšič (1913–1993), poet

External links

• Grgar on Geopedia
• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons