Palcje
Encyclopedia
Palčje is a village
to the east of Pivka
in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia
.
The local church, built on the central village square, is dedicated to Saint Nicholas
and belongs to the Trnje
Parish
.
North of the village lies an intermittent lake named Lake Palčje
. It is the largest among Pivka lakes with average maximum water surface around 1 km².
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 east 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, built on the central village square, is dedicated to Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...
and belongs to the Trnje
Trnje, Pivka
Trnje is a village to the east of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.The Parish Church in the settlement is dedicated to The Holy Trinity 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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North of the village lies an intermittent lake named Lake Palčje
Lake Palčje
Lake Palčje is an intermittent lake in the Upper Pivka Basin north of the settlement Palčje in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. It fills an oval-shaped karst depression approximately 1.5 km long and 0.5 km wide. Its bottom is relatively level at between 543 and 557 m above the sea, but the...
. It is the largest among Pivka lakes with average maximum water surface around 1 km².