Vrh nad Želimljami () is a settlement above

Želimlje Želimlje (; ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofljica in central Slovenia. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. Geography Želimlje include ...

in the

Municipality of Škofljica The Municipality of Škofljica (; ) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Škofljica. It lies just south of the capital Ljubljana in the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the C ...

in central

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. The municipality is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Vrh'' to ''Vrh nad Želimljami'' in 1953.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to

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and belongs to the

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of Želimlje. It is a 15th-century

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building that was restyled in the

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. Fragments of mid-15th-century

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s are preserved on its interior walls.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2720

References

External links

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Vrh nad Želimljami on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Škofljica {{Škofljica-geo-stub