| Paričjak | |
|---|---|
  Paričjak Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°37′31.15″N16°2′27.33″E / 46.6253194°N 16.0409250°E Coordinates: 46°37′31.15″N16°2′27.33″E / 46.6253194°N 16.0409250°E | |
| Country |  |
| Traditional region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Mura |
| Municipality | Radenci |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 249.9 m (819.9 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 251 |
| [1] | |
Paričjak (pronounced [paˈɾiːtʃjak] ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Radenci in northeastern Slovenia. It lies along the road from Radenci to Kapelski Vrh. [2]
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. It is to be distinguished (usually) from the county, which may encompass rural territory or numerous small communities such as towns, villages and hamlets.
Radenci is a town on the right bank of the Mura River in the Mura Statistical Region of northeastern Slovenia. It is a well-known spa town and was first mentioned in written documents dating back to 1436. After 1833, when a new source of mineral water was discovered, it developed into a popular resort. Since 1994 it has been the centre and the largest settlement of the Municipality of Radenci.
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a sovereign state located in southern Central Europe at a crossroads of important European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.
There is a chapel-shrine with a belfry in the settlement. It was built in the early 20th century. [3]
A wayside shrine is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mountain. They have been a feature of many cultures, including Catholic and Orthodox Europe and Shinto Japan.
A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell towers, often part of a municipal building, an educational establishment, or a tower built specifically to house a carillon. Church bell towers often incorporate clocks, and secular towers usually do, as a public service.
