title: Zalošče
text: # Zalošče
  
  Zalošče (pronounced) is a village in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located in the lower Vipava Valley in the Gorizia region of the Slovene Littoral.
  
  ## History
  
  In the northern part of the village, there is a large building that used to be a monastery in the 16th and 17th centuries. There is an Austro-Hungarian military cemetery from the First World War on a small hill next to Saint Lawrence's Church. The individual grave markers are no longer present, and only the central monument remains.
  
  ## Church
  
  The local church is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Parish of Dornberk.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  Notable people that were born or lived in Zalošče include:
  
  * Rafael Rojic (1844–1927), physician and politician
  * Ivan Rejec (1878–1958), sociologist and translator
  