Zgornja Pristava, Slovenske Konjice
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Zgornja Pristava is a settlement in the Slovenske Konjice
Slovenske Konjice
Slovenske Konjice is a town and a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The area was part of the traditional region of Lower Styria.- Slovenske Konjice municipality :...

 municipality
Municipality
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 in eastern Slovenia
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. It lies to the south and west of Slovenske Konjice town and its territory extends to the top of the Konjiška gora hill (924 m). The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria
Lower Styria
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. The municipality is now included in the Savinja statistical region
Savinjska statistical region
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The ruins of Konjice Castle lie on the slopes of Konjiška gora to the south of the settlement. It was an extensive castle built in the 12th century and abandoned in the 18th century.

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