Photos • Location
Belica | |
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  Belica Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°34′5.42″N 14°42′31.13″E / 45.5681722°N 14.7086472°E | |
| Country |
Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
| Municipality | Osilnica |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.91 km2 (0.74 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 377.1 m (1,237.2 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 7 |
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Belica (pronounced [ˈbeːlitsa]; German: Weißenbach [2]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Osilnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. [3]
Belica was attested in historical documents as Weissembach and Weissennbach in 1498. [4]
There is a small chapel-shrine in the settlement dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It dates to the second half of the 19th century. [5]
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 40.
- ^ Oslinica municipal site
- ^ "Belica". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 15494
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