Moravče is a settlement and a municipality

Municipality

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 in central Slovenia

Slovenia

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. Traditionally the area was part of the Upper Carniola

Upper Carniola

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 region. The entire municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia statistical region

Osrednjeslovenska statistical region

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. The village is home to about 850 people and the population of the municipality is about 4,852.

The parish church

Parish church

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 in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Martin

Martin of Tours

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 and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana

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. It is a Late Gothic

Gothic architecture

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 building that was extended and restyled in the Baroque

Baroque architecture

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 in 1740. Its 19th-century facade

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 has two belfries

Bell tower

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External links

• Moravče municipal site (in Slovene)
• Moravče on Geopedia