Varda () is a small settlement in the
Municipality of Sveti Jurij v Slovenskih Goricah
The Municipality of Sveti Jurij v Slovenskih Goricah (; ) is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It was created in 2006 when it separated from the Municipality of Lenart. It lies at the western end of the Slovenske Gorice, Slovene Hills (). I ...
in northeastern
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. It 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 ...
.
Two small roadside
chapel-shrines in the settlement date to 1865 and the early 20th century.
A number of
Roman period
The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...
burial mounds
A tumulus (: tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, mounds, howes, or in Siberia and Central Asia as ''kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. ...
have been identified near the settlement.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference numbers ešd 1480 & 1481
References
External links
Varda on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Sveti Jurij v Slovenskih Goricah
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