Veniše

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Veniše
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°55′43.89″N15°27′56.64″E / 45.9288583°N 15.4657333°E / 45.9288583; 15.4657333 Coordinates: 45°55′43.89″N15°27′56.64″E / 45.9288583°N 15.4657333°E / 45.9288583; 15.4657333
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Krško
Area
  Total 1.56 km2 (0.60 sq mi)
Elevation 162.9 m (534.4 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 229
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Veniše (pronounced  [ʋɛˈniːʃɛ] ) is a settlement southwest of Leskovec in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. [2]

Leskovec pri Krškem Place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia

Leskovec pri Krškem is a settlement on the right bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. It includes the hamlets of Grad, Beli Breg, Veliki Marof, and Žadovinka. Older sources also mention the appertaining hamlet of Bajer.

Municipality of Krško Municipality in Slovenia

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Slovenia republic in Central Europe

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There is a small chapel-shrine in the southwest of the village. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was built in 1930. [3]

Wayside shrine religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway

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<i>Theotokos</i> title given to Mary in Eastern Christianity

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