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The Julian Alps were known in antiquity as Alpes Iuliae, and also attested as Alpes Julianae c. AD 670, Alpis Julia c. 734, and Alpes Iulias in 1090. [2] Like the municipium of Forum Julii (now Cividale del Friuli) at the foot of the mountains, the range was named after Julius Caesar of the gens Julia, [2] [3] perhaps due to a road built by Julius Caesar and completed by Augustus.
Between the two World Wars, the Eastern Julian Alps were under the dominion of Italy and so was the most part of the Western ones: the political border ran along the Ponze range from the Ratece Saddle to Mount Jalovec, along Site and Mojstrovske mountains upwards to Mount Prisojnik, to Mounts Kriz and Luknja and finally the Tricorno; the whole ...
The Julian Alps and Prealps (in Slovenian Julijske Alpe v širšem smislu, in Italian Alpi e Prealpi Giulie) are a mountain range in the eastern part of the Alps. They are located in Slovenia and in Italy .
Julian Alps: Bovec: 2 Škrlatica: 2740 Julian Alps: Kranjska Gora: 3 Mali Triglav 2725 Julian Alps: Bovec: 4 Mangart: 2679 Julian Alps: Bovec: 5 Visoki Rokav 2646 Julian Alps: Kobarid: 6 Jalovec: 2645 Julian Alps: Bovec: 7 Veliki Oltar 2621 Julian Alps: Kranjska Gora: 8 Velika (Martuljška) Ponca 2602 Julian Alps: Kranjska Gora: 9 Razor: 2601 ...
Mountains and peaks of the Julian Alps — a range of the Northern Limestone Alps system in Central Europe. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The Kanin Mountains or the Canin Mountains [2] (Resian: Ćanen, Friulian: Mont Cjanine), mostly simply Kanin or Canin, are a mountain range in the Western Julian Alps, on the border of Slovenia and Italy. Their highest summit, High Kanin (Slovene: Visoki Kanin, Italian: Monte Canin Alto) is 2,587 m above sea level.
Mangart or Mangrt is a mountain in the Julian Alps, located on the border between Italy and Slovenia. With an elevation of 2,679 metres (8,789 ft), it is the fourth-highest peak in Slovenia, after Triglav, Škrlatica and Mali Triglav. It was first climbed in 1794 by the naturalist Franz von Hohenwart.
There are six mountain huts on Razor, at heights ranging from 1,015 to 2,050 metres (3,330 to 6,726 ft). The main hut is the Pogačnik Lodge on the Križ Plateau (Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih), standing on its southern side. The climber and writer Julius Kugy gave Razor the nickname "The Royal of the Julian Alps". [3]