Lesce

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Lesce
Lesce (Slovenia)
Lesce
Lesce
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°21′36″N 14°9′23″E / 46.36, 14.15639
Country Slovenia
Region Upper Carniola
Municipality Radovljica
Elevation 494 m (1,621 ft)
Population (2002)
 - Total 2,778
[1]

Lesce is a town in the Radovljica municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is an industrial as well as tourist centre.

It is one of the oldest mentioned settlements in the region, first noted in a document from 1004 togehter with Bled and Bohinj. In the centre of the old town is the three aisled pilgrimage church of the Assumption of the Virgin, originally a Gothic architecture|Gothic church with remnants of 14th century frescos on its exterior, but extensively changed in the 17th century in the Baroque style. The church is known for its frescoes in the dome of the presbytery painted by Franc Jelovšek[2].

Lesce is the location of the Lesce Bled Alpine flying centre and Camping Šobec[3]. Lesce is also the home town of retired ski jumpers Vinko Bogataj and Franci Petek. NK Lesce football club has a long tradition of competing at regional level (from 1946)[4]. Lesce was also recently selected by MTV as the site for its annual Spring Break Jam in the spring of 2009.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ http://www.kam.si/romarske_cerkve/lesce.html Lesce church at kam.si (in Slovene)
  3. ^ Radobljica municipality site
  4. ^ NK Lesce football club site

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Radovljica
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Capital: Radovljica, Begunje, Brda, Brezje, Brezovica, Dobravica, Dobro Polje, Dvorska vas, Češnjica, Črnivec, Globoko, Gorica, Hlebce, Hraše, Kamna Gorica, Kropa, Lancovo, Lesce, Lipnica, Ljubno, Mišače, Mlaka, Mošnje, Nova vas pri Lescah, Noše, Otoče, Ovsiše, Peračica, Podnart, Poljče, Poljšica pri Podnartu, Posavec, Praproše, Prezrenje, Ravnica, Rovte, Slatna, Spodnja Dobrava, Spodnja Lipnica, Spodnji Otok, Srednja Dobrava, Srednja vas, Studenčice, Vošče, Vrbnje, Zadnja vas, Zaloše, Zapuže, Zgornja Dobrava, Zgornja Lipnica, Zgornji Otok, Zgoša
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Radovljica Mansion House, Museum of Apiculture, Church of St Peter, Šivec house, Church of the Assumption of Marz, Lesce, Alpine Flying Centre Lesce, Camping Šobec, Katzenstein mansion, Kamen castle, Begunjščica, Church of St Peter above Begunje, Pilgrimage Church at Brezje, Kropa museum
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