Čedem is a small settlement in the eastern Gorjanci

Žumberak/Gorjanci

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 hills in the Brežice

Brežice

Brežice is a city and municipality in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley, near the Croatian border. The area was traditionally divided between Lower Styria and Lower Carniola...

 municipality

Municipality

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 in eastern Slovenia

Slovenia

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, right on the border with Croatia

Croatia

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. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola

Lower Carniola

Lower Carniola was a kreis of the historical Habsburg crown land of Carniola from 1849 till 1919 and is nowadays a traditional region of Slovenia. Its center is Novo Mesto, while other urban centers include Kočevje, Grosuplje, Krško, Trebnje, Mirna, Črnomelj, Semič, and Metlika.-See also:* Upper...

. During the Second World War it was one of five Slovene settlements annexed by the Independent State of Croatia

Independent State of Croatia

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. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Spodnjeposavska statistical region

Spodnjeposavska statistical region

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.

The village is protected as a national heritage monument by the Slovenian Ministry of Culture. Single storey rectangular wooden houses with a variety of outbuildings

Outhouse

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 such as sties

Sty

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, hayracks and granaries

Granary

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all date to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The exteriors of the houses are painted blue, ochre or brown.

External links

• Čedem on Geopedia