Sela () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Podčetrtek The Municipality of Podčetrtek ( or ; sl, Občina Podčetrtek) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in eastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Podčetrtek. Podčetrtek became a municipality in 1995. Se ...

in eastern

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...

. The area around Podčetrtek is part of the traditional region of

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

. It is now included in the

Savinja Statistical Region The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly c ...

. The local church in the village is dedicated to Saints Philip and

James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

and belongs to the parish of

Olimje Olimje () is a settlement in the Municipality of Podčetrtek in eastern Slovenia. The area around Podčetrtek is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. History Olimje was created as a settl ...

. It was originally a

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

church first mentioned in documents dating to 1545, but was greatly rebuilt in the late 18th century with additions from 1826 and the late 19th century, although some Gothic frescos are still visible.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3212

References

External links

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