ÄŒreta () is a small settlement in the
Municipality of Vransko
The Municipality of Vransko (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia
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in central
Slovenia
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. It lies in the hills north of Vransko. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. The municipality is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
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.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from Marija-ÄŒreta (literally, '
Our Lady of ÄŒreta') to ÄŒreta in 1952. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.
Churches
There are two
churches in the settlement. One is dedicated to the
Virgin Mary
Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, various titles such as Perpetual virginity ...
and dates to the 15th century with 16th- and 18th-century extensions. The second is dedicated to
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Catherine of Alexandria, also spelled Katherine, was, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the emperor Maxentius. According to her hagiography, she was both a princess a ...
and was built in the 15th century.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference numbers ešd 3503 & 3504
References
External links
ÄŒreta on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Vransko
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