Prtovč (; in older sources also ''Prtovič'',
german: Pertoutsch
) is a settlement in the
Municipality of Železniki
The Municipality of Železniki (; sl, Občina Železniki) is a municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Železniki.
The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, ...
in the
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...
region of
Slovenia
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.
The church in the settlement is dedicated to the
Virgin Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...
and was built in 1869 by extending an older chapel.
Selca parish website
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Populated places in the Municipality of Železniki
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