Official Name: | Cerovo |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Grosuplje |
Area Total Km2: | 2.47 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 33 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.9239°N 14.6422°W |
Elevation M: | 377.2 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Cerovo (in Slovenian pronounced as /tsɛˈɾɔːʋɔ/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /tsɛˈɾoːʋɔ/; German: Zerou[2]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Grosuplje in central Slovenia. It lies in the hills south of Grosuplje in the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]
Cerovo is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Trontelj Shaft Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Trontljevo brezno) is located south of Cerovo, about 130 m southeast of Mayor Cave (Slovenian: Županova jama), also known as Tabor Cave (Slovenian: Taborska jama). It contains the remains of unidentified victims.[4]
The local church, built in an isolated location south of the settlement, is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Parish of Št. Jurij pri Grosupljem. In its core it is a 13th-century Romanesque building that was restyled in the Baroque. It has a well-preserved late 15th-century defence wall, built as a refuge against Ottoman raids.[5]