Čepovan is a settlement in the Nova Gorica

Nova Gorica

Nova Gorica ; 21,082 ; 31,000 ) is a town and a municipality in western Slovenia, on the border with Italy...

 Municipality in western Slovenia

Slovenia

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. Apart from the main village of Čepovan, it extends to include a number of smaller dispersed settlement

Dispersed settlement

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s in the valley known as Čepovanski Dol.

The Parish Church

Parish church

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 in the settlement is dedicated to John the Baptist

John the Baptist

John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...

 and belongs to the Diocese of Koper. A small church further up the valley in Puštale, belonging to the parish, is dedicated to The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sacred Heart

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.

External links

• Čepovan on Geopedia