Mala Pristava, Pivka
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Mala Pristava is a village
to the southwest of Pivka
in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia
.
The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes
and belongs to the Šmihel
Parish
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
to the southwest of Pivka
Pivka
Pivka is a small town and a municipality in Slovenia in the Pivka Basin in the Kras region. It was first mentioned in 1300 as Sancti Petri super Piucha . Until 1952 it was called Šentpeter na Krasu...
in the Inner Carniola region of 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 local church in the settlement is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes
Our Lady of Lourdes
Our Lady of Lourdes is the name used to refer to the Marian apparition said to have appeared before various individuals on separate occasions around Lourdes, France...
and belongs to the Šmihel
Šmihel, Pivka
Šmihel is a village to the south of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.The Parish Church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Michael and belongs to the Koper Diocese.-External links:*...
Parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
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