Suha (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 62.) is a village just outside

Škofja Loka Škofja Loka (; ) is a town in Slovenia. It is the economic, cultural, educational, and administrative center of the Municipality of Škofja Loka in Upper Carniola. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Geography Škofja Loka lies at an elevation of ...

in the

Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( ; ; ) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The largest town in the region is Kranj, and other urban centers include Kamnik, Jesenice, Jesenice, Jesenice, Domžale and ...

region of

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 and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

. It is an old settlement, with its earliest mention in documents dating to AD 973.

Church

There are a number of interesting architectural monuments in the centre of the village, but Suha is best known for its

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

(until 1975 belonging to the Parish of

) dedicated to

John the Baptist John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist ...

. It has a Gothic star-vaulted

chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the Choir (architecture), choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may termi ...

Fresco Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting become ...

s from the mid-15th century survive, painted by the unnamed painter known as the Master of Suha, known to have worked in a number of other local churches, but named after his work in this church because it is one of the best examples of his work. There are also 16th-century frescos by

Jernej of Loka Jernej of Loka (Bartholomew) was a 16th-century Painting, painter active in the Škofja Loka area, from which his epithet is also derived. He is known to have painted the frescoes in a number of other churches throughout the Upper Carniola region a ...

in the church. The well-preserved frescos are some of the most important in Slovenia and the church has been listed as a monument of national importance.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Suha include: * Andrej Glavan (1943–), the Bishop of Novo Mesto, the first parish priest of the Parish of Suha * Janez Kalan (1868–1945), priest, editor, and writer * Ahacij Stržinar (a.k.a. Achatius Sterschiner, 1676–1741), priest and religious writerSteska, Viktor. 1909. "Ahacij Stržinar: Slovenski pisatelj (1676–1741)." ''Izvestja Muzejskega društva za Kranjsko'' 19(2): 65–68.

References

External links

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Suha on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Škofja Loka {{ŠkofjaLoka-geo-stub