Vitovlje (Nova Gorica)
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Basic data | ||||
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Country | Slovenia | |||
Statistical region | Goriška | |||
local community | Nova Gorica | |||
Coordinates | 45 ° 56 ' N , 13 ° 46' E | |||
height | 246.6 m. i. J. | |||
surface | 11.7 km² | |||
Residents | 502 | |||
Population density | 43 inhabitants per km² | |||
Post Code | 5261 |
Vitovlje is a settlement on the Trnovsky plateau in the Nova Gorica municipality in western Slovenia , in the Goriška region . The settlement is located at an altitude of 245.6 m between the villages of Osek and Šempas.
Cultural monuments
The Church of Our Lady Assumption in Heaven (Slovene: Marijino Vnebovzetje) , built in the 14th century on a rocky hill (604 m), is a pilgrimage church and one of the most important cultural monuments in the region.
In the settlement there is a memorial to those who fell in the People's Liberation War (Yugoslavia) from 1941–1945 and a plaque at the place of the death of one of the heroes of the Soviet Union , Mehdi Hüseynzadə .
WebLinks
- Official website of the Municipality of Nova Goricia
- Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia; Population distribution by municipalities and settlements in Slovenia, January 1, 2016
- Vitovlje on Geopedia
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.citypopulation.de/php/slovenia-goriska_d.php?cityid=084049
- ↑ Ivan Lika. ŠKOFIJA KOPER. SEZNAM ŽUPNIJSKIH IN PODRUŽNINIH CERKVA TER CHAPEL. - ŠKOFIJA KOPER, Maj, 2008.
- ↑ Assumption in Vitovlje
- ↑ Ciril Zupanc. Mihajlo, obveščevalec in diverzant IX. corpusа. - Nova Gorica: Goriški muzej, 2007. - pp. 21-22.