Log pod Mangartom
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Log pod Mangartom or Log pod Mangrtom (Italianized:
Bretto) is a settlement in the Municipality of Bovec
in the Littoral
region of Slovenia
. It is comprised of Gornji Log and Spodnji Log, lies within Triglav National Park
, and is surrounded by 15 peaks with an elevation
of over 2000 m, giving it a unique atmosphere and making it an attractive starting point for hikers.
The road from Bovec to Tarvisio
over the Predil Pass and the Predel Viaduct (the viaduct has the longest arch (85 m) in the Alps
) runs through the settlement. Between Gornji Log and Spodnji Log is the entrance to the 4.5 km (2.8 mi.) Štoln drainage tunnel leading through Ovčja gora of the Kolovrat Range
to the former lead mine in Cave del Predil
, Italy. The tunnel was opened in 1903 and was used for a railway during World War I and later for transport of miners and political refugees escaping from the Communist Yugoslavia
.
The parish church
in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen
. It was built at the end of the 18th century and later rebuilt. Frescos by the Impressionist
painter Ivan Grohar
in the sanctuary
depict the stoning of Saint Stephen
. It also contains a late 15th-century wooden sculpture of The Virgin enthroned as Queen
and a Baroque painting of Saint Sebastian.
In November 2000, a landslide ruined a large part of the village and took the lives of seven people.
Italianization
Italianization or Italianisation is a term used to describe a process of cultural assimilation in which ethnically non or partially Italian people or territory become Italian. The process can be voluntary or forced...
Bretto) is a settlement in the Municipality of Bovec
Bovec
Bovec is a small city and municipality in northwestern Slovenia. The city of Bovec lies in the Bovec Basin in the Soča Valley below the Kanin mountain in the Julian Alps.-Geographical location:...
in the Littoral
Slovenian Littoral
The Slovenian Littoral is a historical region of Slovenia. Its name recalls the historical Habsburg crown land of the Austrian Littoral, of which the Slovenian Littoral was a part....
region of Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. It is comprised of Gornji Log and Spodnji Log, lies within Triglav National Park
Triglav National Park
Triglav National Park is a national park located in Slovenia and the only one in the country. It was named after Mount Triglav, the highest peak of the Julian Alps and a symbol of Slovenia and Slovenian character....
, and is surrounded by 15 peaks with an elevation
Elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of over 2000 m, giving it a unique atmosphere and making it an attractive starting point for hikers.
The road from Bovec to Tarvisio
Tarvisio
Tarvisio is a town in the Province of Udine, in the northeastern part of the autonomous Friuli–Venezia Giulia region in Italy...
over the Predil Pass and the Predel Viaduct (the viaduct has the longest arch (85 m) in the Alps
Alps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
) runs through the settlement. Between Gornji Log and Spodnji Log is the entrance to the 4.5 km (2.8 mi.) Štoln drainage tunnel leading through Ovčja gora of the Kolovrat Range
Kolovrat Range
Kolovrat is an Alpine mountain range on the border between Slovenia and Italy, northwest of Tolmin and southwest of Kobarid. It is a geographical border between the Soča Valley in Slovenia and the Venetian Slovenia region of Italy...
to the former lead mine in Cave del Predil
Cave del Predil
Cave del Predil is a is a frazione subdivision of the comune of Tarvisio in the Province of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy...
, Italy. The tunnel was opened in 1903 and was used for a railway during World War I and later for transport of miners and political refugees escaping from the Communist Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
.
The parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen The Protomartyr , the protomartyr of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches....
. It was built at the end of the 18th century and later rebuilt. Frescos by the Impressionist
Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
painter Ivan Grohar
Ivan Grohar
Ivan Grohar was a Slovene Impressionist painter. Together with Rihard Jakopič, Matej Sternen and Matija Jama, he is considered one of the leading figures of Slovene impressionism in the fin de siecle period.- Life :...
in the sanctuary
Sanctuary
A sanctuary is any place of safety. They may be categorized into human and non-human .- Religious sanctuary :A religious sanctuary can be a sacred place , or a consecrated area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.- Sanctuary as a sacred place :#Sanctuary as a sacred place:#:In...
depict the stoning of Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen The Protomartyr , the protomartyr of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches....
. It also contains a late 15th-century wooden sculpture of The Virgin enthroned as Queen
Mary (mother of Jesus)
Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...
and a Baroque painting of Saint Sebastian.
In November 2000, a landslide ruined a large part of the village and took the lives of seven people.