Kostel () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Kostel The Municipality of Kostel (; ) is a municipality in southern Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Vas. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. It borders Croati ...

in southern

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. It is located on the left bank of the Kolpa River next to the border with

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. It is part of the traditional region of

Lower Carniola Lower Carniola ( ; ) is a traditional region in Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south an ...

and is now included in the

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Landmarks

Kostel Castle

Its main landmark from which the settlement and the municipality are named is

Kostel Castle Kostel Castle () is a castle above the settlement of Kostel in southeastern Slovenia. It is located on a steep hill above the Kolpa River, not far from the Croatian border. History The site was originally occupied by a smaller fortification ...

, built on a cliff above the Kolpa Valley. The castle is surrounded by a small market settlement. It dates to the 13th century with various additions over the centuries and was an important defense fortification against Ottoman raids.

Holy Magi Church

The local

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...

is dedicated to the Magi and belongs to the parish of Fara pri Kočevju. It is a single-

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

Late Gothic building that was refurbished in the

Baroque style The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (i ...

in the 18th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 1808

References

External links

Kostel on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kostel {{Kostel-geo-stub