Javor () is a settlement in central

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. It lies in the hills east of the capital

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and belongs to the

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. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included, with the rest of the municipality, in the

Central Slovenia Statistical Region The Central Slovenia Statistical Region ( sl, Osrednjeslovenska statistična regija) is a statistical region in central Slovenia. Geography This is the second-largest region in terms of territory. It has a total area of 2,555 km², with a ...

. In addition to the main settlement, it also includes the hamlets of Brezovar, Lanišče, Roje, Žagarski Vrh ( sl, Žagarski vrh), Zavrharji, and Sevšek.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 362.

Geography

Aslivka Creek rises east of the village, and then flows east to join

Besnica Creek Besnica (; german: Weßnitz''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 97, 106.) is a settlement in the hills east of Ljubljana in central Slove ...

in Zgornja Besnica.

Name

''Javor'' and names like it (e.g., '' Javornik'', '' Javorje'', etc.) are derived from the Slovene common noun ''javor'' '

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', thus referring to the local vegetation.

History

Archaeological evidence attests to the early settlement of the area: above the village there is a flat

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burial site, which also contains Roman-era graves. There are prehistoric

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located south of this. At Žagar Peak ( sl, Žagarski vrh), northwest of the main settlement, the microtoponym ''Na grmadi'' (literally, 'at the bonfire') is a reference to the bonfires that were lit as warnings during Ottoman attacks. A school was established in Javor in 1894, but classes were only offered on Sundays. A part-time school was established in 1901, and a full-time school in 1928. Lessons were held in a private house until a schoolhouse was built in 1941.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to

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and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana ( sl, Nadškofija Ljubljana, la, Archidioecesis Labacensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia. The cemetery chapel is dedicated to Saint Martin. Javor was made the seat of a parish in 1906.

Cultural heritage

In addition to Saint Anne's Church and the cemetery chapel, several other structures in Javor have protected cultural monument status: *The farm at Javor no. 14 consists of a farmhouse with a cellar dating from the last quarter of the 19th century. It has a facade decorated with geometric patterns and tendril ornamentation. There is a stone staircase in the courtyard, and next to the house there is a

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with extensive carvings. Javor Slovenia - shrine

*There is a

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set against a wall southwest of the church. The shrine contains a statue of Saint Francis. *An Iron Age graveyard is located in the settlement, and the site also contains burials from antiquity. There is a prehistoric tumulus burial site in the nearby woods that has been partially studied. *The rectory in the village is a two-story structure. The year 1820 is carved into the door frame, and the plastering segments the facade in a

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style. The corners of the building feature

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. There is a small barn with a cellar next to the rectory; it was built in the early 20th century on an older foundation. *The village core is a typical example of a clustered village, consisting of Saint Martin's Chapel in the cemetery, a school, old two-story farmhouses with barns dating from the 19th century, and Saint Anne's Church. *The general area of the settlement has been recognized as a cultural landscape, consisting of scattered hamlets and isolated farms on ridges surrounded by agricultural terraces.

References

External links

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Javor on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Ljubljana Sostro District {{Ljubljana-geo-stub