Brdo () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Domžale The Municipality of Domžale ( sl, Občina Domžale, ) is a municipality in the Ljubljana Basin in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Domžale. Geography The municipality lies near the foothills of the Kamnik Alps and is cross ...

in the

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region of

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Name

Brdo was attested in written sources as ''Ek'' in 1345 and ''Echk'' in 1410, among other spellings.

Church

The church in Brdo is located above the hamlet of Goropeče. It is dedicated to the

Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra, ; la, Sanctus Nicolaus (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (; modern-da ...

. It is a

chapel of ease A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently. Often a chapel of ea ...

and belongs to the parish of Saint George in

Ihan Ihan (; german: Jauchen)''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 18. is a settlement in the Municipality of Domžale in the Upper Carniola regi ...

. The church is originally a Gothic single-nave church that was reworked in the Baroque style in 1750, when the bell tower and chapel were added. The sacristy dates from 1718. The rib-vaulted chancel dates to the 14th century and contains paintings by a student of the 15th-century master painter Bolfgang. The church has Renaissance and Baroque furnishings, and the main altar was created in 1669.

References

External links

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Brdo on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Domžale {{Domžale-geo-stub