Sveti Primož nad Muto () 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 numb ...

in the hills immediately north of Muta in the historical

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region in northern

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Primož nad Muto'' (literally, 'Saint Primus above Muta') to ''Podlipje'' (literally, 'below the linden trees') 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. The name ''Sveti Primož nad Muto'' was restored in 1994.

Church

The local church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saints Primus and Felician and was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1425. The nave is Romanesque with a

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sanctuary and a 19th-century belfry. It belongs to the

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

of Muta.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3200

References

External links

Sveti Primož nad Muto on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Muta {{Muta-geo-stub