Potoče (; ) is a village in the
Municipality of Divača
The Municipality of Divača (; ) is a municipality in the Slovenian Littoral, Littoral region of Slovenia, near the Italy, Italian border. The seat of the municipality is the town of Divača. The municipality was established on 6 November 1994, w ...
in the
Littoral
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region of
Slovenia
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.
Church
The local church, now abandoned, is dedicated to
Saint George
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and belongs to the
Parish
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of
Senožeče
Senožeče (; , ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Name
Senožeče was attested in historical sources as ''Sehenossecsch'' in 1217, ''Senosensach'' in 1297, and ''Sinesecha'' in 1310, among other s ...
. The church was built in 1526 and remodeled in 1655. It has a rectangular groin-vaulted chancel, a wide nave with a stuccoed ceiling, and a squat belltower over the entrance.
References
External links
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Potoče on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Divača
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