Predjama

Predjama (pronounced [pɾɛdˈjaːma]; German: Luegg,^[2] Italian: Castel Lueghi) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.^[3]

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Predjama
Predjama Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°48′52.45″N 14°7′41.95″E / 45.8145694°N 14.1283194°E / 45.8145694; 14.1283194
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Inner Carniola
Statistical region	Littoral–Inner Carniola
Municipality	Postojna
Area
• Total	13.18 km2 (5.09 sq mi)
Elevation	508.8 m (1,669.3 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	85
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Predjama Castle, a Renaissance castle and a major tourist attraction in Slovenia, is located at the mouth of a cave just above the settlement.^[4]

Our Lady of Sorrows Church in the settlement is a chapel of ease of the Parish of Studeno. It is a single-nave Gothic church painted with frescos from c. 1460 that was built at the end of the 15th century. It has been protected as a cultural monument of national significance.^[5]

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