Rakovci () is a settlement in the

Slovene Hills The Slovene Hills or the Slovenian Hills (, or ) is the largest hilly region of Slovenia, a smaller part is located in the Austrian province of Styria. It is situated in the northeast of the country and has an area of . It comprises the ''Western ...

() in the

Municipality of Sveti Tomaž The Municipality of Sveti Tomaž () is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Prlekija Hills and was part of the Municipality of Ormož until 2006. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the D ...

in northeastern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

Drava Statistical Region The Drava Statistical Region () is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest city in the region is Maribor. The region's name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course through Slovenia as well as the Pohorj ...

. The

Neo-Gothic Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century ...

village chapel-shrine with a

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was built in 1888.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 23695

References

External links

Rakovci on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Sveti Tomaž {{SvetiTomaž-geo-stub