Gorjansko

Gorjansko
Gorjansko

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°48′4.47″N 13°42′59.28″E / 45.8012417°N 13.7164667°E / 45.8012417; 13.7164667Coordinates: 45°48′4.47″N 13°42′59.28″E / 45.8012417°N 13.7164667°E / 45.8012417; 13.7164667
Country Slovenia
Region Slovenian Littoral
Municipality Komen
Area
  Total 10.41 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
Elevation 198 m (650 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 271
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Gorjansko (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾjaːnskɔ]) is a village in the southwestern part of the Municipality of Komen in the Littoral region of Slovenia on the border with Italy.[2]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Andrew and belongs to the Diocese of Koper.[3] It was built in 1896 on top of the ruins of a smaller Gothic church and was renovated in the late 1950s when its interior was painted by Tone Kralj. Close to the settlement is also a large cemetery of over 10,000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers of various nationalities that died on the Isonzo front in the First World War. It is the largest such cemetery in Slovenia.[4]

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