Socerb
Encyclopedia
Socerb is a village
in the Koper Municipality in the Littoral
region of Slovenia
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and is dominated by the ruins of Socerb Castle built on a rocky cliff above the village.
The church in the settlement is dedicated to the local saint, Saint Servulus, who lived in a cave nearby which is also a shrine, known as The Holy Cave. The church belongs to the Klanec
Parish
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Koper Municipality in the Littoral
Slovenian Littoral
The Slovenian Littoral is a historical region of Slovenia. Its name recalls the historical Habsburg crown land of the Austrian Littoral, of which the Slovenian Littoral was a part....
region of Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
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Overview
It lies on the border with ItalyItaly
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and is dominated by the ruins of Socerb Castle built on a rocky cliff above the village.
The church in the settlement is dedicated to the local saint, Saint Servulus, who lived in a cave nearby which is also a shrine, known as The Holy Cave. The church belongs to the Klanec
Klanec pri Kozini
Klanec pri Kozini is a settlement south of Kozina in the municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina in the Littoral region of Slovenia.The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Peter and belongs to the Koper Diocese.-External links:*...
Parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
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