Official Name: | Podlož |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Inner Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Littoral–Inner Carniola |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Loška Dolina |
Area Total Km2: | 3.57 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 61 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.7352°N 14.4608°W |
Elevation M: | 604.2 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Podlož (in Slovenian pronounced as /pɔˈdloːʃ/, German: Podlaas[2]) is a village north of Lož in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
The local church is built on Cross Mountain (Slovenian: Križna gora, German: Kreuzberg;[2] 857m (2,812feet)), a hill above the settlement, and is dedicated to the Holy Cross. It belongs to the Parish of Stari Trg.[4] It is a pilgrimage church with a series of 13 chapels representing the Stations of the Cross leading up to the main church. The church was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1526. It was rebuilt in the mid-18th century.[5]