Rovt pod Menino () is a
dispersed settlement in the hills south of
Šmartno ob Dreti in the
Municipality of Nazarje
The Municipality of Nazarje (; sl, Občina Nazarje) is a municipality in Slovenia. It lies along the Dreta River. The seat of the municipality is the town of Nazarje. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria and it is now included ...
in
Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional region of
Styria
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and is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
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.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Jošt'' (literally, 'Saint Jodocus') to ''Rovte pri Nazarjih'' (literally, 'clearing near Nazarje') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.
[''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.] The name of the settlement was changed again from ''Rovte pri Nazarjih'' to ''Rovt pod Menino'' in 1963.
Churches
The local
church built on an isolated hill in the east of the settlement, is dedicated to
Saint Josse and belongs to the
Parish of Šmartno ob Dreti. It dates to the late 13th and early 14th centuries with some later additions. There is a second church close by. It is dedicated to
Saints Gervasius and Protasius.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference numbers 3313 & 3314
References
External links
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Rovt pod Menino on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Nazarje
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