title: Kamna Gorica, Radovljica
text: # Kamna Gorica, Radovljica
  
  Kamna Gorica (pronounced) is a village in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
  
  ## Church
  
  The local church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was built in 1652 and enlarged in 1754. It has two altar paintings by Matevž Langus.
  
  ## Mineral spring
  
  A major quarry is located to the southwest of the village. Next to it, there is a chalybeate (iron-rich) water spring. According to the locals, it strengthens male potency, which has been extensively reported about by the prominent journalist Tone Fornezzi [sl].
  
  ## Notable people
  
  Notable people that were born or lived in Kamna Gorica include:
  
  * Karl Josef Kappus (born 1668), lawyer, member of Academia operosorum Labacensium
  * Johannes Andreas Kappus (c. 1648–1713), Jesuit
  * Marcus Antonius Kappus (1657–1717), missionary
  * Vladimir Kapus (1885–1943), journalist, writer
  * Leopold Kordeš [sl] (1808–1879), journalist, writer, poet
  * Matevž Langus [sl] (1792–1855), painter
  * Franc Megušar (1876–1916), zoologist
  * Lovro Pogačnik [sl] (1880–1919), politician
  * Franc Pretnar [sl] (1912–1988), scales technician, precision mechanic, inventor, innovator, engraver
  * Aleksander Toman (1851–1931), agronomist, journalist
  * Lovro Toman (1827–1870), politician
  * Blaž Tomaževič (1909–1986), literary historian, teacher
  * Jožef Tomažovič Sr. (1774–1847), musician, teacher
  * Jernej Uršič [sl] (1784–1860), national awakener, priest
  * Ivan Varl (1923–1979), painter
  * Ignacij Zupan [sl] (1853–1915), pipe organ builder
  