Gradišče (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 90–91.), officially Gradišče - K. o. Grad. in Polj. (Gradišče in the Cadastral Districts of Gradišče and Poljane), is a small settlement in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji in central

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. The area is part of the historical region of

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. The municipality is now included in the

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. It includes the hamlets of Kremenjek and Primskova Gora ().

Church

The local

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is known as the Primskovo

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; it is built on top of a hill west of the settlement, is dedicated to the

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, and belongs to the

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Populated places in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji {{ŠmartnopriLitiji-geo-stub