Belca
Belca (pronounced [ˈbeːltsa]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
History
In August 1963, the Belca Gorge north of the village was the site where the anti-communist revolutionary Janez Toplišek (1930–1965) was ambushed by the Yugoslav secret police and taken into custody.[2] Toplišek had crossed the border from Austria with weapons and propaganda material, unwittingly accompanied by two Yugoslav secret police agents. After his arrest he was initially imprisoned with other enemies of the communist regime at the Goli Otok prison camp, and then moved to the Stara Gradiška prison, where he was killed during an escape attempt on November 15, 1965.[3]
References
External links
- Media related to Belca at Wikimedia Commons
- Belca on Geopedia
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- Heathen Maiden
- Kajžnk House
- Koren Pass
- Kot Valley
- Liznjek Farm
- Krma Valley
- Martuljek Falls
- Mežakla Plateau
- Nadiža
- Peričnik Falls
- Planica
- Pocar Farm
- Rateče Parish Church
- Russian Chapel
- Slovenian Alpine Museum
- St. Thomas's Church
- Tamar Valley
- Vitranc
- Vrata Valley
- Vršič Pass
- Zelenci
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