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Golica, Železniki
Golica () is a settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Name Golica was attested in historical sources as ''Golitsch'' in 1291, ''Gollitz'' in 1457, and ''Dolenigolitzi'' and ''Gorenigolitzi'' (referring to the hamlets of Spodnja Golica and Zgornja Golica) in 1500, among other spellings. Church The local church on Mount Saint Nicholas () above the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas. It is an easy climb and is a popular destination with day-tripper A day trip is a visit to a tourist destination or visitor attraction from a person's home, hotel, or hostel in the morning, returning to the same lodging in the evening. The day trip is a form of recreational travel and leisure to a location tha ...s and Hiking, hikers. References External links *Golica on Geopedia Populated places in the Municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Slovenia
The national flag of Slovenia () features three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, with the coat of arms of Slovenia located in the upper hoist side of the flag centred in the white and blue bands. The coat of arms is a shield with the image of Mount Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, in white against a blue background at the centre; beneath it are two wavy blue lines representing the Adriatic Sea and local rivers, and above it are three six-pointed golden stars arranged in an inverted triangle which are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje, the great Slovene dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th centuries. The Slovenian flag's colours are considered to be Pan-Slavism, pan-Slavic, but they actually come from the Middle Ages, medieval coat of arms of the Holy Roman duchy of Carniola, consisting of 3 stars, a mountain, and three colours (red, blue, yellow), crescent. The existing Slovene tricolor, Slovene tricolour was raised for the first t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
