Official Name: | Gradišče |
Other Name: | Gradišče nad Pijavo Gorico (1953–2008) |
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: | Škofljica |
Area Total Km2: | 1.5 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 773[1] |
Population Density Km2: | 516 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +01 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +02 |
Coordinates: | 45.9263°N 14.5857°W |
Elevation M: | 533.8 |
Postal Code: | 1291 |
Gradišče (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement in the hills south of Pijava Gorica in the Municipality of Škofljica in central Slovenia. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Gradišče to Gradišče nad Pijavo Gorico in 1953[3] and then again back to Gradišče in January 2008.[4] At the same time a street system was introduced, with most streets now bearing Roman numerals. Before this all properties had numbers for the village with no individual street names.
As its name suggests (in sl|Gradišče means 'fortified hillfort'), archaeological excavations have revealed the site of a large prehistoric Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age settlement with associated earthworks and a burial ground.[5]
The local church is dedicated to Saints Primus and Felician and belongs to the Parish of Želimlje. It was originally a 12th-century Romanesque building that was restyled in the Baroque style in the 17th century.[6]