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Kalvarija, Kranj

Kalvarija
Kalvarija is located in Slovenia
Kalvarija
Kalvarija
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°14′17″N 14°20′48″E / 46.23806°N 14.34667°E / 46.23806; 14.34667
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionUpper Carniola
MunicipalityKranj
Elevation
395 m (1,296 ft)

Kalvarija (pronounced [kalˈʋaːɾija]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is now part of the city of Kranj.[1]

Geography

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Kalvarija stands west of Kranj's city center, below the slope of Mount Saint Margaret (Slovene: Šmarjetna gora) and above the right bank of the Sava River.[1] It is connected by road to the former village of Gorenja Sava to the north and to the former village of Stražišče to the south.

Name

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The name Kalvarija means 'Calvary'. Until the end of the Second World War, the Gaštej Calvary Shrine (Slovene: Kalvarija na Gašteju) stood in the village above the Sava River. The shrine was demolished, but after the collapse of communism and Slovenia's independence, a Calvary shrine was created at the same site in the 1990s by the sculptor Stane Jarm [sl] (1931–2011). The shrine stands next to the house at Kocjan Street (Slovene: Kocjanova ulica) no. 30.[2]

History

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Kalvarija was annexed by the city of Kranj in 1957, ending its existence as a separate settlement.[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 160.
  2. ^ "Kranj - Kalvarija v Stražišču". Register kulturne dediščine. Republika Slovenija, Ministrstvo za kulturo. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "Uredba o razglasitvi novih naselij, o združitvi naselij in o preimenovanju naselij". Uradni list Ljudske republike Slovenije. 14 (40): 669–670. October 31, 1957. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  4. ^ Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 47, 53.
  5. ^ Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij od 1948 do 1964: preimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglasitve in ukinitve. 1965. Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko, pp. 44, 51.
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