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Postojna Cave

karst cave system in Slovenia
Place Show Cave Q15903

Facts

11 properties

Designation

Instance of
show cave, archaeological site, solutional cave[4][5]
Heritage designation
registered immobile cultural heritage of Slovenia[13]

Location

Country
Slovenia[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 45.783°, 14.204°[7]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Municipality of Postojna[2]
More facts +6
Official website
www.postojnska-jama.eu[9]
Part of
Postojna-Planina cave system[6]
Activity policy in this place
no flash[15]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Riegerův slovník naučný, Meyer’s Universum, Siebzehnter Band[10][11][12]
Located in/on physical feature
Postojna Karst[8]
Mountain range
Dinaric Alps[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Postojna Cave ar كهف بوستوينا cs Postojenská jeskyně da Postojnagrotten de Grotte von Postojna de Höhlen von Postojna de Höhle von Postojna de Höhle Postojna de Adelsberger Grotte de Adelsberger Grotten de Adelsberger Höhlen el σπήλαια Ποστόινα el Ποστόινα es Cueva de Postojna fa غار پستوینا fi Postojnan luola fi Postojnanluola fr grotte de Postojna fr grotte d'Adelsberg he מערת פוסטוינה
🔖 Identifiers · 25
VIAF cluster ID
248255634
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2009008750
GND ID
16112763-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Burger PostojnskaJama.jpg ↗
Atlas Obscura place ID
postojna-caves
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14645301z
Carthalia ID
4117
Cave E-Cadastre ID
747
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Postojna-Cave
FES digital collections entity ID
376964
Freebase ID
/m/0260rt0
GeoNames ID
7287917
Show all 25 identifiers +13
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1103338
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3162518, 1800433
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
postoinska-iama-d93925
IdRef ID
11063988X
J9U entity ID
987007554648905171
Lex ID
Postojnagrotten
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000951404
OpenStreetMap node ID
290383802
Slovene Cultural Heritage Register ID
29540
Topic's main category
Category:Postojna Cave
Treccani ID
grotte-di-postumia
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Cave", "PostojnaCave::w3899"]
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpypC4KMPjCd8hvGmqJDq
📚 Sources · 1
  • GeoNames as of 2026-09-26 · 1 statement · CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.

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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
archaeological site, solutional cave, show cave
Country 1
Slovenia
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Municipality of Postojna
Mountain range 1
Dinaric Alps
Topic's main category 1
Category:Postojna Cave
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Category:Postojna Cave
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Summary

Postojna Cave is a show cave[1].

Related Entities

Dinaric Alps Slovenia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Repa40x · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OpenStreetMap node ID → 290383802
    "Created claim: OpenStreetMap node ID: 290383802, Add P11693 = 290383802"
  2. 20w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 376964
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 376964, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
  3. 28w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for the interior of the item → Category:Interior of Postojna Cave
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Postojna Cave
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Cave", "PostojnaCave::w3899"]
    Part of → Postojna-Planina cave system
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Cave", "PostojnaCave::w3899"], batch #257131"
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