Podgorje (pronounced [pɔdˈɡoːɾjɛ]; Italian: Piedimonte di Taiano, Piedimonte d'Istria) is a village in the City Municipality of Koper in the Littoral region of Slovenia on the border with Croatia.
[2] The village is located below Mount Slavnik (1,028 m), the highest peak in Slovenian Istria.
The Vrženca Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Vrženca) is located 1.2 km southwest of Podgorje and 1.2 km northwest of the summit of Kojnik Hill, on the east edge of a meadow next to the woods.
[3] The Podgorje 6 Cave Mass Grave (Grobišče Jama Podgorje 6) is located on the steep slope of a small valley in the Jančarija area in the foothills of Mount Slavnik.
The remains of two people were collected from the grave in July 1992 and were reburied in the Koper cemetery in 2004.