Križna Gora, Škofja Loka
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Križna Gora is a small settlement above Visoko in the Škofja Loka
municipality in the Upper Carniola
region of Slovenia
.
The local church on a hill above the settlement is dedicated to The Holy Cross and was built around 1500. It contains many well preserved fresco
s from 1502, and depict the legends of Saint Ulrich
, to whom the church was dedicated until 1867, and of Saint Korbinian
. Some of the frescos in the nave, dating to around 1530, are believed to be by Jernej of Loka
. The hill with the church is a popular destination for short outings by locals.
Škofja Loka
-Art colony:Before the civil war in the former Yugoslavia the Serbian town of Smederevska Palanka and the town of Škofja Loka held art colonies Groharijeva kolonija run by an art teacher from elementary school Olga Milošević in Smederevska Palanka. Now, after the split of SFR Yugoslavia, the two...
municipality in the Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jesenice, Tržič, Škofja Loka, Kamnik, and Domžale.- Historical background :...
region of 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...
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The local church on a hill above the settlement is dedicated to The Holy Cross and was built around 1500. It contains many well preserved fresco
Fresco
Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
s from 1502, and depict the legends of Saint Ulrich
Saint Ulrich
Saint Ulrich can refer to:* Ulrich of Augsburg, Bishop of Augsburg and a leader of the German church* Ulrich of Zell, a Cluniac reformer of Germany, abbot, founder and saint* Sankt Ulrich am Waasen, a municipality in Styria, Austria...
, to whom the church was dedicated until 1867, and of Saint Korbinian
Corbinian
Saint Corbinian was a Frankish bishop. His feast day is September 8. The commemoration of the translation of his relics is November 20.-Life:...
. Some of the frescos in the nave, dating to around 1530, are believed to be by Jernej of Loka
Jernej of Loka
Jernej of Loka was a 16th-century painter active in the Škofja Loka area, from which his epithet is also derived. He is known to have painted the frescoes in a number of other churches throughout the Upper Carniola region and some in the area of Tolmin and in the Natisone Valley .Churches where...
. The hill with the church is a popular destination for short outings by locals.