Official Name: | Gorenje Blato |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Škofljica |
Area Total Km2: | 1.52 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 163 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.9602°N 14.5859°W |
Elevation M: | 314.9 |
Postal Code: | 1291 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Gorenje Blato (pronounced as /sl/; de|Oberblato[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofljica in central Slovenia. It lies on the edge of the marshlands south of the capital Ljubljana, east of Pijava Gorica. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]
Gorenje Blato was attested in historical sources as Mos in 1267 and Moss in 1424.[4]
There is a small chapel-shrine in the settlement, dating to the 17th century. It contains a wooden altar with a statue of Mary.[5]