Vrh pri Površju () is a settlement west of
Raka in the
Municipality of Krško in eastern
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Lower Sava Statistical Region.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Vrh'' to ''Vrh pri Površju'' in 1953.
Church
The local
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* Chris ...
is dedicated to
Saint Agnes
Agnes of Rome () is a virgin martyr, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as the Anglican Communion and Lutheran Churches. St. Agnes is one of several virgin martyrs com ...
( sl, sveta Neža) and 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 Raka. It is a
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
church, built in the 18th century. Its
belfry was built in 1809.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2211
References
External links
Vrh pri Površju on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Krško
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