Gradišče nad Prvačino (; ) is a

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in western

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in the

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. It is located in the

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in the

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region and is a satellite settlement of

Prvačina Prvačina (; ) is a village in the Vipava Valley in western Slovenia. It lies within the Municipality of Nova Gorica. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( ; ; ; ) was an apostle of Jesus. Ac ...

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Gradišče'' to ''Gradišče pri Zalem Hribu'' in 1953. It was then changed from ''Gradišče pri Zalem Hribu'' to ''Gradišče nad Prvačino'' in 1955.

Church

The

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in the settlement is dedicated to the

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and belongs to the

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Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Gradišče nad Prvačino include: *

Simon Gregorčič Simon Gregorčič (15 October 1844 – 24 November 1906) was a Slovene poet and Roman Catholic priest. He is considered the first lyric poet of the Slovene realist poetry and the most melodical Slovene poet. Biography Gregorčič (Oct ...

(1844–1906), Slovene poet, lived in Gradišče nad Prvačino from 1882 to 1903''Slovenska biografija'': Simon Gregorčič
* Josip Tominc (1790–1866), Italian-Slovene painter

References

External links

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Gradišče nad Prvačino on Geopedia
Populated places in the Urban Municipality of Nova Gorica {{NovaGorica-geo-stub