Velika Ligojna (;
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 116, 118.]) is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
north of
Vrhnika
Vrhnika (; ;''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120. ) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Vrhnika. It is locat ...
in the
Inner Carniola
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region of
Slovenia
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. It includes the hamlets of Razpoti and Mavsarjev Hrib.
Name
Together with neighboring
Mala Ligojna
Mala Ligojna (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 118–119.) is a village north of Vrhnika in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. I ...
(literally 'Little Ligojna'), Velika Ligojna (literally, 'Big Ligojna') was attested in written sources in 1309 as ''Luckossel'' (and as ''Lucozel'' in 1317, ''Lvkozel'' in 1318, and ''Vunderludigoni'' in 1526). The medieval transcriptions indicate that the name was ''Luko(va) sela'' (literally, 'Luka's village') in the 14th century, probably originally based on the name ''*Ľudigojь'' and then confused in the transcriptions with the similar name ''Luka''. If so, today's name is a result of the sound change ''ľu-'' > ''li-'' and modern vowel reduction, and means 'Ljudigoj's village'.
Church
The local church in Velika Ligojna is dedicated to
Saint George
Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...
and belongs to the
Parish
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of Vrhnika. The church was first mentioned in written sources in 1526 and was remodeled in the Baroque style in the 18th century.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2688 It was surrounded by a defensive wall during the Ottoman wars in Europe
A series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states took place from the Late Middle Ages up through the early 20th century. The earliest conflicts began during the Byzantine–Ottoman wars, waged in Anatolia in ...
.
References
External links
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Velika Ligojna on GeopediaKUD Ligojna
Populated places in the Municipality of Vrhnika
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