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Nova Å tifta, Gornji Grad
Nova Štifta () is a settlement in the Upper Dreta Valley in the Municipality of Gornji Grad in Slovenia. It is made up of three hamlets: Šmiklavž, Tirosek, and Zgornji Dol (formerly known as Štajngrob). The area belongs to the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. History Nova Štifta was formally established as an independent settlement in 2005, when it was separated from the territory of Dol, Gornji Grad, Dol and combined with the former settlements of Tirosek and Šmiklavž, Gornji Grad, Šmiklavž. Churches The parish church in the settlement is a popular pilgrimage church. It is known as Our Lady, Star of the Sea Church () and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It has a large nave with three chapels on either side and two bell tower, belfries on its western facade. It was built until 1854 by the master builder Matej Medved on the site of a former three-nave Renaissance architecture, Renaissance chur ... [...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] |
