Senožece
Encyclopedia
Senožeče is a settlement in the Divača
municipality in the Littoral region
of Slovenia
.
The Parish Church
in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew and belongs to the Koper Diocese
.
It is the birthplace of the Olympic fencer Rudolf Cvetko
and the anti-Fascist insurgent leader Danilo Zelen.
Divaca
Divača is a small town and municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia, a few kilometres from the Italian border.The Parish Church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Anthony the Hermit and belongs to the Diocese of Koper....
municipality in the Littoral region
Littoral-Kras statistical region
The Coastal-Karst statistical region is a statistical region in the south-west of Slovenia. The region compromises 7 municipalities: Divača, Hrpelje-Kozina, Izola, Komen, Koper, Piran and Sežana....
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 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 Saint Bartholomew and belongs to the Koper Diocese
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
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It is the birthplace of the Olympic fencer Rudolf Cvetko
Rudolf Cvetko
Rudolf Cvetko was a Slovene fencer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the first Slovene to qualify for the Olympics and the first Slovene winner of the Olympic medal. He was part of the Austrian sabre team, which won the silver medal...
and the anti-Fascist insurgent leader Danilo Zelen.