Javorje, Črna na Koroškem
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Javorje is a dispersed settlement
in the hills to the southeast of Črna na Koroškem
in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia
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The parish church
in the settlement is dedicated to Mary Magdalene
and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is first mentioned in written documents dating to the 14th century, but has been rebuilt at various stages getting its current Baroque
appearance in the 18th centuruy. There is a second church in the eastern part of the settlement belonging to the same parish. It is dedicated to Saint Jodocus
and dates to the 17th century. It is a single nave
church with a rib vault
ed sanctuary
and a spire
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Dispersed settlement
A dispersed settlement is one of the main types of settlement patterns used by landscape historians to classify rural settlements found in England and other parts of the world....
in the hills to the southeast of Črna na Koroškem
Crna na Koroškem
Črna na Koroškem is a town and a municipality in northern Slovenia. It lies at the confluence of the Meža River with its tributary Javorski potok in the traditional Slovenian province of Carinthia. The German name Schwarzenbach means 'black creek'....
in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
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The parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the settlement is dedicated to Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene was one of Jesus' most celebrated disciples, and the most important woman disciple in the movement of Jesus. Jesus cleansed her of "seven demons", conventionally interpreted as referring to complex illnesses...
and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is first mentioned in written documents dating to the 14th century, but has been rebuilt at various stages getting its current Baroque
Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...
appearance in the 18th centuruy. There is a second church in the eastern part of the settlement belonging to the same parish. It is dedicated to Saint Jodocus
Saint Josse
Saint Judoc or Saint Josse was a seventh-century Breton noble who sought the protection of Aymon, a predecessor of the counts of Ponthieu, to live as a hermit and renounce the crown of Brittany, in a place then called either Sidraga or Schaderias or Runiacum, located in the coastal forest near the...
and dates to the 17th century. It is a single nave
Nave
In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting...
church with a rib vault
Rib vault
The intersection of two or three barrel vaults produces a rib vault or ribbed vault when they are edged with an armature of piped masonry often carved in decorative patterns; compare groin vault, an older form of vault construction...
ed sanctuary
Sanctuary
A sanctuary is any place of safety. They may be categorized into human and non-human .- Religious sanctuary :A religious sanctuary can be a sacred place , or a consecrated area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.- Sanctuary as a sacred place :#Sanctuary as a sacred place:#:In...
and a spire
Spire
A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from the Old English word spir, meaning a sprout, shoot, or stalk of grass....
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