Račice, Ilirska Bistrica
Račice (pronounced [ˈɾaːtʃitsɛ]; Italian: Racizze) is a village southeast of Podgrad in the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia.
Unmarked grave
Račice is the site of an unmarked grave from the end of the Second World War. The Gradac Grave (Slovene: Grob Gradac) is located northwest of the village and contains the remains of a German soldier from the 97th Corps that fell at the beginning of May 1945.
Church
The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Roch and belongs to the Parish of Podgrad.
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
- ^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grob Gradac". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to Račice at Wikimedia Commons- Račice on Geopedia
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