Svečina
Encyclopedia
Svečina is a settlement in the western Slovenske gorice
hills to the north of Plač
in the Kungota
Municipality
in northeastern Slovenia
.
There is a mansion
in the settlement. In its conception it dates to the 12th century, but the current building is late Renaissance
dating to 1629 with a square floor plan
and four corner turret
s. It was built by the monks of the Abbey of Sankt Lambrecht
, now in neighbouring Austria
. Since 1936 it has been a secondary school, now belonging to the Agricultural College from Maribor
.
Slovenske gorice
Slovenske gorice with an area of 1017 km2 is the largest hilly region of Slovenia, a smaller part is located in the Austrian province of Styria...
hills to the north of Plač
Plač
Plač is a settlement in the Kungota Municipality in the western part of the Slovenske gorice hills in northeastern Slovenia....
in the Kungota
Kungota
Kungota is a municipality in the western part of the Slovenske gorice hills in northeastern Slovenia. Its administrative centre is in the village of Zgornja Kungota.-External links:*...
Municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in northeastern 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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There is a mansion
Mansion
A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
in the settlement. In its conception it dates to the 12th century, but the current building is late Renaissance
Renaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture. Stylistically, Renaissance...
dating to 1629 with a square floor plan
Floor plan
In architecture and building engineering, a floor plan, or floorplan, is a diagram, usually to scale, showing a view from above of the relationships between rooms, spaces and other physical features at one level of a structure....
and four corner turret
Turret
In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle. Turrets were used to provide a projecting defensive position allowing covering fire to the adjacent wall in the days of military fortification...
s. It was built by the monks of the Abbey of Sankt Lambrecht
St. Lambrecht's Abbey
St. Lambrecht's Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the village of Sankt Lambrecht in the Styrian Grebenzen nature reserve in Austria. The monastery is located 1,072 meters above sea level.-History:...
, now in neighbouring Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. Since 1936 it has been a secondary school, now belonging to the Agricultural College from Maribor
Maribor
Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
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