Gorjansko Explained

Official Name:Gorjansko
Settlement Type:Village
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:Slovene Littoral
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Coastal–Karst
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Komen
Area Total Km2:10.41
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:271
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.8012°N 13.7165°W
Elevation M:198
Footnotes:[1]

Gorjansko (in Slovenian pronounced as /ɡɔˈɾjaːnskɔ/, Italian: Goriano[2]) is a village in the southwestern part of the Municipality of Komen in the Littoral region of Slovenia on the border with Italy.[3]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Andrew and belongs to the Diocese of Koper.[4] It was built in 1896 on top of the ruins of a smaller Gothic church and was renovated in the late 1950s, when its interior was painted by Tone Kralj. Close to the settlement is also a large cemetery of over 10,000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers of various nationalities that died on the Isonzo front in the First World War. It is the largest such cemetery in Slovenia.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Atlante stradale d'Italia. Nord . 2004 . Touring Club Italiano . Milan . 20.
  3. http://www.komen.si/ Municipality of Komen website
  4. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Roman Catholic Diocese of Koper List of Churches May 2008
  5. Web site: Gorjansko local site . sl . 2009-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090911153245/http://gorjansko.com/ . 2009-09-11 . dead .