Slivna () is a settlement west of

Vače Vače (; german: Waatsch''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 96.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Litija in central Slovenia. The a ...

in the

Municipality of Litija The Municipality of Litija (; sl, Občina Litija) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Litija. The area is part of the traditional Upper and Lower Carniola regions. The entire municipality is now in ...

in central

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region. The settlement is the

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Church

The local

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, built in the hamlet of Zgornja Slivna, is dedicated to

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( sl, sveta Neža) and belongs to the

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

of Vače. It is a late 14th-century church that was restyled in the Baroque in the late 17th to early 18th centuries.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2625

References

External links

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Slivna on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Litija {{Litija-geo-stub