Bukovec (pronounced [ˈbuːkɔʋəts]; in older sources also Bukovica,[2] German: Bukowitz[2]) is a small remote settlement in the hills on the edge of the Municipality of Velike Lašče in Slovenia.

Like similar toponyms in Slovenia (e.g., Bukovica, Bukovo, Bukovje), it originally referred to the local vegetation.

[6][7][8] In October 2013 the remains were disinterred and reburied at the cemetery in Begunje pri Cerknici.

[9][10] The Italian Soldiers Mass Grave (Grobišče italijanskih vojakov) is located in the woods south of Bukovec, below the north slope of Mačkovec Hill.

It contains the remains of Romani murdered at the site[8][12] by a Partisan group led by Stane Semič.