Gorenje Blato

Gorenje Blato
Gorenje Blato
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°57′36.73″N 14°35′9.08″E / 45.9602028°N 14.5858556°E / 45.9602028; 14.5858556Coordinates: 45°57′36.73″N 14°35′9.08″E / 45.9602028°N 14.5858556°E / 45.9602028; 14.5858556
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Škofljica
Area
 • Total 1.52 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
Elevation 314.9 m (1,033.1 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 163
[1]

Gorenje Blato (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾeːnjɛ ˈblaːtɔ]; German: Oberblato[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofljica in central Slovenia. It lies on the edge of the marshlands south of the capital Ljubljana, east of Pijava Gorica. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

There is a small chapel-shrine in the settlement, dating to the 17th century. It contains a wooden altar with a statute of Mary.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 112.
  3. ↑ Škofljica municipal site
  4. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 26311


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