Podkoren

From the 15th century onward, Podkoren—in the far northwest of the Duchy of Carniola—served as a toll station on the steep road across the Wurzen pass, for centuries the shortest and most direct link from the Littoral towns of Trieste and Gorizia to Villach in Carinthia. Today, the settlement's main link to the world is the A2 motorway, which runs to Austria through the Karawanks Tunnel a few kilometers to the east.

Podkoren was formerly served by the Tarvisio–Ljubljana Railway, inaugurated in 1870 by Austria-Hungary; the Slovene line was closed and dismantled in 1969, two years after Italian side had been shuttered due to Cold War tensions.

The village church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and is of late Gothic origin (as are many houses in the village) but has since been heavily refurbished in the Baroque style.

The pioneering British chemist and naturalist Humphry Davy (1778–1829) stayed i Podkoren during his several visits to the Upper Sava Valley, for whose natural beauty he expressed great admiration.

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  St. Andrew's Church, Podkoren
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  Podkoren, view of a street
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  The house in which Humphry Davy stayed
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  Plaque commemorating Humphry Davy's stay

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