Godešič

Godešič
Godešič

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°9′44.99″N 14°21′27.41″E / 46.1624972°N 14.3576139°ECoordinates: 46°9′44.99″N 14°21′27.41″E / 46.1624972°N 14.3576139°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Škofja Loka
Area
 • Total 5.06 km2 (1.95 sq mi)
Elevation 350.3 m (1,149.3 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 663
[1]

Godešič (pronounced [ˈɡoːdɛʃitʃ]; in older sources also Godešiče,[2] German: Godeschitz[2]) is a village on the right bank of the Sora River in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

The local church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and is Romanesque in its origins based on archaeological evidence of an apse found when the floor of the current church was being renovated. At the end of the 14th century a Gothic church was built on the site; a painted east facade, dated to circa 1400, survives. The church was expanded in 1852. Inside, 16th-century frescos by Jernej of Loka survive in the sanctuary.[3]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Godešič include:

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 62.
  3. ↑ Škofja Loka municipal declaration of local churches as cultural monuments, 23 May 2007
  4. ↑ Guštin, Damijan. 1990. "Hafner Anton." Enciklopedija Slovenije, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 3.

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