Podgora () is a
dispersed settlement
A dispersed settlement, also known as a scattered settlement, is one of the main types of settlement patterns used by landscape historians to classify rural settlements found in England and other parts of the world. Typically, there are a num ...
in the hills south of
Kotlje in the
Municipality of Ravne na Koroškem
The Municipality of Ravne na Koroškem () is a municipality in the traditional region of Carinthia (Slovenia), Carinthia in northern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Ravne na Koroškem. Ravne na Koroškem became a municipalit ...
in the
Carinthia
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region in northern
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
.
Church
The local
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
in the western part of the settlement is dedicated to
Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus and belongs to the
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
of Kotlje. It was built in the late 15th century and extended in the 18th century.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3077
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Podgora include:
* Prežihov Voranc (1893–1950), a writer
References
External links
Podgora on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ravne na Koroškem
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