The northern tip of the village is located at Slovenia's highest peak, Triglav, and forms a tripoint with Trenta and Mojstrana settlements. The south of the village is located on the northern and eastern coast of Lake Bohinj.
Name
The name Stara Fužina literally means 'old foundry, old forge'. Like other places with similar names (e.g., Fužina, Fužine, and Fusine in Valromana), the name refers to ironworking in the past. The Slovene common noun fužina is borrowed from Friulian or Venetian Italianfusina, cognate with standard Italianfucina 'foundry, forge'.
Church
Saint Paul's Church
The medieval church on the outskirts of the village is dedicated to Saint Paul.
^Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 136.
^"Bohinj municipal site". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2018-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
External links
Media related to Stara Fužina at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Stara Fužina at Wikimedia Commons
