Ustje is a village with 385 inhabitants near Ajdovščina in western Slovenia. The village's name means a mouth of a river and it is indeed situated at the place where the Hubelj issues into the Vipava river.
The oldest monument in the village is the 17th century St. John's church at the top of the hill. Ruins of walls indicate that the site must have been used as a fortification during Turkish intrusions. The village also has a baroque church of St. Justus from 1766.
The most tragic day of the village was on August 8 1942 when Italian soldiers of the Giulia division killed 8 people and burnt down the village. After the war the village was reconstructed and August 8 is celebrated as a memorial day. Events from 1942 are described in Danilo Lokar 's book Sodni dan na vasi (The Doomsday in the Village).
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