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 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

Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...

and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.

Archaeological finds

The settlement is best known for the Hallstatt-period

Vače situla 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 ...

( sl, situla z Vač, vaška situla), an archaeological treasure of Slovenia, which was discovered in neighboring Klenik in 1882. It is a bronze vessel with a triple figurative

frieze In architecture, the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Paterae are also usually used to decorate friezes. Even when neither columns nor ...

. Another important find was the Vače belt-plate (), also discovered in Klenik.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to Saint Andrew and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana ( sl, Nadškofija Ljubljana, la, Archidioecesis Labacensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2623

Notable people from Vače

Matthias Qualle Matthias Qualle (1470–1518; Slovenized as ''Matija Hvale''), was a Slovene philosopher. Between 1502 and 1514 he taught philosophy at the University of Vienna's Faculty of Arts, and in 1510 he served as the faculty's dean.Simoniti, Primož. 1 ...

(1470–1518), Slovene philosopher

Gallery

File:Vace Slovenia - pillory.JPG, Pillory File:Vace Slovenia - old building.JPG, Traditional building

References

External links

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