Official Name: | Podpeč |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Coordinates: | 45.5226°N 13.9074°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Littoral |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Coastal–Karst |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Koper |
Area Total Km2: | 2.77 |
Elevation M: | 311.5 |
Population Total: | 47 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Podpeč (pronounced as /sl/; Italian: Popecchio) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Koper in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[2]
Podpeč is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Vilenica Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Vilenica) is located in a shaft below a cliff edge, about 500 m south of Praproče. It contains the remains of undetermined victims. The remains that were visible were gathered in 1992 and were reburied in the Koper cemetery in 2004.[3]
A small church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Helena and belongs to the Parish of Predloka. It has no belfry, but contains some interesting late Gothic frescos.[4]
A Venetian fortified tower stands near the village.