Rače (, in older sources also ''Račje'', ) is a settlement in and the administrative centre of the Municipality of Rače–Fram in northeastern

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. It lies under the eastern Pohorje Hills on the edge of the plain on the right bank of the

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River south of

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. The municipality is now included in the

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. Rače Castle is a 16th-century

castle A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...

west of the settlement. It was built between 1528 and 1533 and was originally surrounded by a

moat A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. Moats can be dry or filled with water. In some places, moats evolved into more extensive water d ...

. In the 17th century two round towers and a

chapel A chapel (from , a diminutive of ''cappa'', meaning "little cape") is a Christianity, Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. First, smaller spaces inside a church that have their o ...

dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk were added to the building. A square tower on the opposite side of the building dates to 1915.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 8945

References

External links

Rače on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Rače-Fram {{RačeFram-geo-stub