Lesce () is a town in the Municipality of Radovljica in the

Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( ; ; ) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The largest town in the region is Kranj, and other urban centers include Kamnik, Jesenice, Jesenice, Jesenice, Domžale and ...

region of

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. It is an industrial and tourist centre. It is one of the earliest-mentioned settlements in the region, first noted in a document from 1004 together with Bled and Bohinj. Lesce is the location of the Lesce–Bled Airfield and

Šobec Campground Šobec Campground is a campsite located south of Highway E61 near Lesce, Slovenia. The campsite lies next to Šobec Pond (), a small artificial lake created by impounding a few inflows below the upper river terrace, where the southern part of L ...

. Lesce is also the home town of retired ski jumpers Vinko Bogataj and Franci Petek. Lesce was selected by

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as the site for its annual Spring Break Jam in the spring of 2009.

Church

In the centre of the old town there is a three-aisled pilgrimage church dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin, originally a Gothic church with remnants of 14th-century

fresco Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting become ...

s on its exterior, but which was extensively changed in the 17th century in the

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style. The church is known for its frescoes in the dome of the

chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the Choir (architecture), choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may termi ...

painted by Franc Jelovšek.

Sports

NK Lesce

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club has a long tradition of competing at the regional level (since 1946). Na Žagi Stadium () is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...

in Lesce. It is used for

matches and is the home ground of NK Lesce. The stadium currently holds 800 spectators, of which 45 can be seated.

References

External links

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Lesce on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Radovljica {{Radovljica-geo-stub