Matajur () is a mountain in the
Julian Alps
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on the border between
Italy
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and
Slovenia
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. It is located on the border between the
Soča
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An Alpine river in character, its source lies in the Trenta Valley in the Julian Alps ...
Valley and the Italian mountainous region known as
Venetian Slovenia
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, with views over the
Adriatic Sea
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. Its
prominence
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is .
Name
Matajur was attested as ''Mons Regis'' circa 680, and as ''in Monte Majori'' in 1275. The Slovene name ''Matajur'' is derived via
vowel harmony
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or
akanye
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from ''*Motajur'' (< ''Mǫtmajur''), which was borrowed from a
Friulian Friulian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Friuli region in northeast Italy.
* Sometimes, by improper extension, something of, from, or related to the Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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name that developed from
Romance
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''Monte(m) maiōre(m)'' 'higher mountain'. It is known as ''Mat'jur'' in the
local dialect
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, and in Friulian as ''Mòntmaiôr'' or ''Mataiûr'' (a reborrowing from Slovene).
Another old name for this peak is Velika Baba.
History
On 26 October 1917,
Oberleutnant
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Erwin Rommel
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captured the mountain during the
battle of Caporetto
The Battle of Kobarid (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of Caporetto or the Battle of Karfreit) took place on the Italian front of World War I.
The battle was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Central P ...
of
World War I
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.
See also
*
Battle of Caporetto
The Battle of Kobarid (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of Caporetto or the Battle of Karfreit) took place on the Italian front of World War I.
The battle was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Central P ...
*
Kolovrat Range
Kolovrat (, ) is a mountain ridge of the Julian Prealps on the border between Slovenia and Italy, west of Tolmin and southeast of Kobarid. It is a geographical border between the Soča Valley in Slovenia and the Venetian Slovenia region of Italy ...
References
External links
Matajur - Hribi.net*
Mountains of the Slovene Littoral
Mountains of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Mountains of the Alps
Italy–Slovenia border
International mountains of Europe
One-thousanders of Italy
One-thousanders of Slovenia
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