Groblje Pri Prekopi
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Groblje pri Prekopi () is a settlement northeast of
Å entjernej Å entjernej ( or ; in older sources also ''Å ent Jernej'',''Leksikon obÄin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 72. ) is a small town in southeastern Slov ...
in southeastern
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
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. It is now included in the
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.


Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Groblje'' to ''Groblje pri Prekopi'' in 1953.


Cultural heritage

The local
church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
, built in a walled enclosure in the centre of the village, is dedicated to Saint Martin and belongs to the
Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
of Å entjernej. It was mentioned in written documents dating to 1526, but owes its current
Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
style to a refurbishment in the early 17th century. Its main
altar An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religion, religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, Church (building), churches, and other places of worship. They are use ...
dates to the 19th century and the side altars are from the 17th century. An
archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or recorded history, historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline ...
near the settlement has yielded numerous
Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...
finds with building foundations and a
necropolis A necropolis (: necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'' (). The term usually implies a separate burial site at a distan ...
with coins from the 2nd to 6th centuries AD, and it has been suggested that it is the site of the Roman waystation ''Crucium'' on the
Roman road Roman roads ( ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Em ...
from
Emona Emona (early ) or Aemona (short for ) was a Roman castrum, located in the area where the navigable Nauportus River came closest to Castle Hill,Siscium.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 172


References


External links


Groblje pri Prekopi on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Å entjernej Roman sites in Slovenia {{Å entjernej-geo-stub