Velike Pece Explained

Official Name:Velike Pece
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
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:Ivančna Gorica
Area Total Km2:2.19
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:85
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.9318°N 14.8383°W
Elevation M:310.4
Footnotes:[1]

Velike Pece (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʋeːlikɛ ˈpeːtsɛ/; in older sources also Velike Peče,[2] German: Großpeze[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia. The A2 Slovenian motorway runs just north of the settlement core. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows (Slovenian: Marija Snežna) and belongs to the Parish of Šentvid pri Stični. It is originally a Gothic building, first mentioned in written documents dating to 1642 and heavily remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 100.
  3. http://www.ivancna-gorica.si/ Ivančna Gorica municipal site
  4. Web site: EŠD 2501 . sl . Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage . Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia . 1 September 2011.