Kalvarija stands west of Kranj's city center, below the slope of Mount Saint Margaret (Slovene: Šmarjetna gora) and above the right bank of the Sava River.[1] It is connected by road to the former village of Gorenja Sava to the north and to the former village of Stražišče to the south.
Name
The name Kalvarija means 'Calvary'. Until the end of the Second World War, the Gaštej Calvary Shrine (Slovene: Kalvarija na Gašteju) stood in the village above the Sava River. The shrine was demolished, but after the collapse of communism and Slovenia's independence, a Calvary shrine was created at the same site in the 1990s by the sculptor Stane Jarm [sl] (1931–2011). The shrine stands next to the house at Kocjan Street (Slovene: Kocjanova ulica) no. 30.[2]
History
Kalvarija was annexed by the city of Kranj in 1957, ending its existence as a separate settlement.[3][4][5]
References
^ abSavnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 160.
^"Kranj - Kalvarija v Stražišču". Register kulturne dediščine. Republika Slovenija, Ministrstvo za kulturo. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
^Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 47, 53.
^Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij od 1948 do 1964: preimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglasitve in ukinitve. 1965. Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko, pp. 44, 51.
