Gorenje Blato (; german: Oberblato) is a settlement in the

Municipality of Škofljica The Municipality of Škofljica (; sl, Občina Škofljica) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Škofljica. It lies just south of the capital Ljubljana in the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It i ...

in central

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. It lies on the edge of the

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lands south of the capital

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, east of

Pijava Gorica Pijava Gorica (; german: Piautzbüchel) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofljica in central Slovenia. It lies on the edge of the marshland south of the capital Ljubljana. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carnio ...

. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Name

Gorenje Blato was attested in historical sources as ''Mos'' in 1267 and ''Moss'' in 1424.

Cultural heritage

There is a small

chapel-shrine A wayside shrine is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mo ...

in the settlement, dating to the 17th century. It contains a wooden

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with a statue of Mary.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 26311

References

External links

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Gorenje Blato on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Škofljica {{Škofljica-geo-stub