Šmarata
Encyclopedia
Šmarata is a village
to the south of Stari trg pri Ložu
in the Loška dolina
Municipality
in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia
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The local church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saint Margaret
and belongs to the Stari trg
Parish
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
to the south of Stari trg pri Ložu
Stari trg pri Ložu
Stari trg pri Ložu is a settlement and the administrative centre of the Loška dolina Municipality in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.The Parish Church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint George and belongs to the Ljubljana Archdiocese. The Parish was created in the second half of the 12th...
in the Loška dolina
Loška Dolina
Loška Dolina is a municipality in Slovenia. It is part of the Inner Carniola traditional region. Snežnik Castle is located in the municipality.-References:...
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 the Inner Carniola 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 from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saint Margaret
Margaret the Virgin
Margaret the Virgin, also known as Margaret of Antioch , virgin and martyr, is celebrated as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches on July 20; and on July 17 in the Orthodox Church. Her historical existence has been questioned; she was declared apocryphal by Pope Gelasius I in 494,...
and belongs to the Stari trg
Stari trg pri Ložu
Stari trg pri Ložu is a settlement and the administrative centre of the Loška dolina Municipality in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.The Parish Church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint George and belongs to the Ljubljana Archdiocese. The Parish was created in the second half of the 12th...
Parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
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