Vesca (; in older sources also ''Vesce''),
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 32.] is a small settlement in the
Municipality of Vodice
The Municipality of Vodice (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Upper Carniola in north-central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Vodice. Vodice became a municipality in 1994.
Settlements
In addition to the mu ...
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
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
. It lies in the middle of the
Skaručna Basin
The Skaručna Basin (; ) is part of the Ljubljana Basin in Slovenia.
Geography
The Skaručna Basin has a characteristic mixed cultural landscape, with meadows, tilled fields, pastures, watercourses, vegetation corridors, hedgerows, isolated hills, ...
().
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Vesca include:
*
Matija Koželj Matija is a South Slavic masculine given name, cognate to Matthew. Notable people with the name include:
* Matija Ahacel (1779–1845), Carinthian Slovene philologist, publicist, and collector of folk songs
* Matija Antun Relković (1732–1798), H ...
(1842–1917), painter
Slovenski biografski leksikon: Matija Koželj
References
External links
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Vesca on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Vodice
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