Stara Fužina () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Bohinj The Municipality of Bohinj () is a municipality in the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Bohinjska Bistrica. The municipality had 5,222 inhabitants in 2002. Settlements In addition to the municipal seat ...

in the

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region of

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. The northern tip of the village is located at Slovenia's highest peak,

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, and forms a tripoint with Trenta and

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settlements. The south of the village is located on the northern and eastern coast of

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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 Fusine in Valromana ( or ; ; Friulian language, Friulian: ''Fusinis'') is a ''frazione'' (fractional parish) of the ''comune'' of Tarvisio in the Province of Udine, in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy. Name The loc ...

''), the name refers to

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in the past. The Slovene common noun ''fužina'' is borrowed from

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 Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions o ...

or Venetian Italian ''fusina'', cognate with standard

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''fucina'' 'foundry, forge'.

Church

The medieval church on the outskirts of the village is dedicated to

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References

External links

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Stara Fužina on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Bohinj {{Bohinj-geo-stub