Jurovski Dol
Encyclopedia
Jurovski Dol is a settlement in the Sveti Jurij v Slovenskih goricah
municipality
in northeastern Slovenia
. It is the administrative centre of the municipality. The area was part of the traditional region of Lower Styria
. It is now included in the Drava statistical region
.
The parish church
in the settlement, from which the municipality also gets its name, is dedicated to Saint George
and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is a Gothic
building dating to the early 16th century with Baroque
side chapels.
Sveti Jurij v Slovenskih goricah
Sveti Jurij v Slovenskih goricah is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It was created in 2006 when it separated from the Lenart municipality. It lies at the western end of the Slovenske Gorice hills. Its administrative centre is in Jurovski Dol. The area was part of the traditional region of...
municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in northeastern Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. It is the administrative centre of the municipality. The area was part of the traditional region of Lower Styria
Lower Styria
Lower Styria or Slovenian Styria is a traditional region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Duchy of Styria. The population of Lower Styria in its historical boundaries amounts to around 705,000 inhabitants, or 34.5% of the population of Slovenia...
. It is now included in the Drava statistical region
Podravska statistical region
The Drava statistical region is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Maribor. Its name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course through Slovenia as well as the Pohorje mountains in the northeast of the region. The Drava is used for...
.
The parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the settlement, from which the municipality also gets its name, is dedicated to Saint George
Saint George
Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox...
and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is a Gothic
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
building dating to the early 16th century with Baroque
Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...
side chapels.