Gorenje Skopice

Gorenje Skopice
Gorenje Skopice

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°54′21.6″N 15°32′50.12″E / 45.906000°N 15.5472556°ECoordinates: 45°54′21.6″N 15°32′50.12″E / 45.906000°N 15.5472556°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Brežice
Area
  Total 4.98 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Elevation 150.7 m (494.4 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 160
[1]

Gorenje Skopice (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾeːnjɛ skɔˈpiːtsɛ]; German: Oberskopiz[2]) is a settlement on the right bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3]

In the hamlet of Pečina in the settlement, remains of a small Roman Villa rustica on the Roman road from Emona to Siscia with a 1st-century burial ground have been found. Archaeological evidence shows that the site was also occupied in the 4th and 5th centuries.[4]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 76.
  3. Brežice municipal site
  4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 15568

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