a market town of Illyria, capital of a circle of the same name in the government of Laybach. Pop. 1500. At the distance of about a mile from the town is the entrance to the famous grotto of Adelsberg, said to be the largest and most magnificent in Europe. It has been explored to the distance of 1310 fathoms, where it is terminated by a lake. About 180 yards from the entrance is the Dom, a vast hall upwards of 300 feet long, and 100 feet high; which was the only part of the cavern known previous to 1819, when a partition of stalactite was broken through, and the magnificence of the interior exposed. It consists of a series of chambers of various dimensions, enriched by stalactites of the greatest purity and most fantastic shapes, and frequently uniting with the stalagmites below.