Sveti Danijel () is a

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in the hills east of

Dravograd Dravograd (; ) is a small town in northern Slovenia, close to the border with Austria. It is the seat of the Municipality of Dravograd. It lies on the Drava River at the confluence with the Meža and the Mislinja. It is part of the traditional ...

in the

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region in northern

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. The local church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to the Prophet Daniel. It was built in 1625 on the site of an earlier

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church. It was also extensively rebuilt after fires in 1644 and in 1780. It belongs to the

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of Trbonje.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3454

References

External links

Sveti Danijel on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Dravograd {{Dravograd-geo-stub