Dolenji Novaki () is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
in the
Municipality of Cerkno in the traditional
Littoral
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region of
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
.
Franja Partisan Hospital
Franja Partisan Hospital ( sl, Partizanska bolnica Franja) was a secret World War II hospital at Dolenji Novaki near Cerkno in western Slovenia. It was run by the Slovene Partisans from December 1943 until the end of the war as part of a broad ...
is located in a valley north of the settlement.
Church
![Dolenji Novaki Slovenia - church](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Dolenji_Novaki_Slovenia_-_church.jpg)
The
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...
in the village is dedicated to
Saint Thomas and belongs to the
Koper Diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
.
Koper Diocese list of churches
References
External links
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Dolenji Novaki on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Cerkno
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