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Selo pri Žirovnici () is one of ten villages in the
Selo pri Žirovnici is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Selo pri Žirovnici Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Selo pri Žirovnici), also known as the Pohar Meadow Mass Grave (), is located in a meadow next to a fence separating it from a pasture, northeast of the house at Selo pri Žirovnici no. 114. The grave site is marked by raised earth. It contains the remains of six Croatian soldiers murdered between 14 and 18 May 1945.
Selo pri Žirovnici on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Žirovnica {{Žirovnica-geo-stub
Municipality of Žirovnica
The Municipality of Žirovnica (; sl, Občina Žirovnica) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the village of Breznica.
In the Završnica Valley, behind the Reber range that overlooks the villages, the first publi ...
in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It lies on the slopes of the Reber range between Žirovnica and Zabreznica
Zabreznica () is one of ten villages in the Municipality of Žirovnica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
It is the location of Žirovnica Primary School, which serves the primary education needs of all the villages in the municipality.
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and is more or less a continuous settlement with Zabreznica. There are open fields south of the village.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Selo'' to ''Selo pri Žirovnici'' in 1953.Church
The church of St. Cantius was first mentioned in 1468 and is aBaroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
structure with a belfry from 1764, but there is evidence that it replaced an earlier Romanesque structure. Fragments of 15th-century frescoes survive on the southern wall. The interior of the church was renovated in 1955.
Mass grave
Selo pri Žirovnici is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Selo pri Žirovnici Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Selo pri Žirovnici), also known as the Pohar Meadow Mass Grave (), is located in a meadow next to a fence separating it from a pasture, northeast of the house at Selo pri Žirovnici no. 114. The grave site is marked by raised earth. It contains the remains of six Croatian soldiers murdered between 14 and 18 May 1945.
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External links
*Selo pri Žirovnici on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Žirovnica {{Žirovnica-geo-stub