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Vršič (1611 m) is the highest Slovenian road crossing (also the highest in the Eastern Julian Alps), connecting Gorenjsko with Trento. Often they were built d...
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Vršič (1611 m) is the highest Slovenian road crossing (also the highest in the Eastern Julian Alps), connecting Gorenjsko with Trento. Often they were built during World War I prisoners of war, notably the Russians. Their victims are reminded of the Russian chapel above the road between Mihov dom and Koca na Gozdu. Preval is closed for a considerable part of the year due to snow.
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