Velike Lipljene (; german: Großliplein) is a settlement in the

Municipality of Grosuplje The Municipality of Grosuplje (; sl, Občina Grosuplje) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Grosuplje. It lies just south of the capital Ljubljana in the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is ...

in central Slovenia. It lies in the hills south of Grosuplje on the road from Šent Jurij to

Turjak Turjak (; german: Auersperg''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 46.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Velike Lašče in central Slo ...

. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Cultural heritage

Part of a

Roman period The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Roman Republic, Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings aro ...

burial ground A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

has been discovered near the settlement.

Attractions

Mayor Cave () is located on the northern edge of the settlement's territory. It was discovered by the local mayor, Josip Perme (1874–1940), in 1926. Perme was a member of the

Yugoslav Radical Union The Yugoslav Radical Union (Serbian language, Serbian: ''Jugoslovenska radikalna zajednica'', Југословенска радикална заједница; sl, Jugoslovanska radikalna skupnost, Croatian language, Croatian: ''Jugoslavenska rad ...

and

Slovene People's Party The Slovenian People's Party ( sl, Slovenska ljudska stranka, , Slovene abbreviation SLS ) is a conservative, agrarian, Christian-democratic political party in Slovenia. Formed in 1988 under the name of Slovenian Peasant Union as the first democ ...

, both of which were banned by the

Communist Party of Yugoslavia The League of Communists of Yugoslavia, mk, Сојуз на комунистите на Југославија, Sojuz na komunistite na Jugoslavija known until 1952 as the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, sl, Komunistična partija Jugoslavije mk ...

after the Second World War. It was opened as a

show cave A show cave—also called tourist cave, public cave, and, in the United States, commercial cave—is a cave which has been made accessible to the public for guided visits. Definition A show cave is a cave that has been made accessible to ...

in 1927 and outfitted with electric lights after the Second World War. The cave was originally known as ''Županova Permetova jama'' 'Mayor Perme Cave'. The name ''Taborska jama'' 'Tabor Cave' was introduced after the Second World War, in 1946. That name is still encountered today,Krušić, Marjan , Peter Skoberne, & Gojko Zupan. 2006. ''Slovenija, turistični vodnik.'' Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 328. and it is derived from Tabor Hill (493 m), which stands about north of the cave.

Mass grave

Velike Lipljene is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Velike Lipljene Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Velike Lipljene) is located on the west side of the village on the slope of Medvejca Hill. It contains the remains of undetermined victims.

Gallery

File:Velike Lipljene kot obcestna (dvovrstna) vas 1948.jpg, Velike Lipljene in 1948

References

External links

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Velike Lipljene on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Grosuplje {{Grosuplje-geo-stub