Bukovščica

Coordinates: 46°13′26.42″N 14°15′44.16″E / 46.2240056°N 14.2622667°E / 46.2240056; 14.2622667
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Bukovščica
Bukovščica is located in Slovenia
Bukovščica
Bukovščica
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°13′26.42″N 14°15′44.16″E / 46.2240056°N 14.2622667°E / 46.2240056; 14.2622667
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionUpper Carniola
MunicipalityŠkofja Loka
Area
 • Total2.42 km2 (0.93 sq mi)
Elevation
447.2 m (1,467.2 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total139
[1]

Bukovščica (pronounced [ˈbuːkɔu̯ʃtʃitsa]; previously Klemen or Sveti Klemen,[2] German: Sankt Clementis[3]) is a village in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Church[edit]

View from southwest
Fresco
Saint Clement's Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Clement.[4] Its rectangular nave indicates Romanesque origins, but the church was rebuilt several times. There is a fresco of Saint Christopher on the south wall of the sanctuary painted by Janez Gosar (1830–1887).[5] Some of the frescoes were painted by Jernej of Loka. The main altar dates to 1851 and the Stations of the Cross are by Leopold Layer.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Pegam, Ana & Janez Pirnat. 2003. "Analiza sprememb kulturne krajine v katastrski občini Bukovščica." Gozdarski vestnik 61(4): 183–194, p. 184.
  3. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 60.
  4. ^ Parish of Bukovščica (in Slovene)
  5. ^ Odlok o razglasitvi cerkve sv. Klemena v Bukovščici za kulturni spomenik lokalnega pomena. 2007. Uradni list RS 68/2007 (July 30).
  6. ^ Škofja Loka municipal declaration of local churches as cultural monuments, 23 May 2007 Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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