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Lesce

Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia

46°21′36″N 14°9′23″E / 46.36000°N 14.15639°E / 46.36000; 14.15639Country

SloveniaTraditional regionUpper CarniolaStatistical region Upper CarniolaMunicipalityRadovljicaElevation

494 m (1,621 ft)Population

(2015)

• Total2,918^[1]

Lesce (pronounced [lɛˈstsɛ]) is a town in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is an industrial and tourist centre.

It is one of the earliest-mentioned settlements in the region, first noted in a document from 1004 together with Bled and Bohinj.

Lesce is the location of the Lesce–Bled Airfield and Šobec Campground.^[2] Lesce is also the home town of retired ski jumpers Vinko Bogataj and Franci Petek. Lesce was selected by MTV as the site for its annual Spring Break Jam in the spring of 2009.

Church

In the centre of the old town there is a three-aisled pilgrimage church dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin, originally a Gothic church with remnants of 14th-century frescos on its exterior, but which was extensively changed in the 17th century in the Baroque style. The church is known for its frescoes in the dome of the chancel painted by Franc Jelovšek.^[3]

Sports

NK Lesce football club has a long tradition of competing at the regional level (since 1946).^[4]^[5] Na Žagi Stadium (Slovene: Stadion Na Žagi) is a multi-purpose stadium in Lesce. It is used for football matches and is the home ground of NK Lesce. The stadium currently holds 800 spectators, 45 of them can be seated.^[6]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Radovljica municipal site Archived 2012-09-19 at archive.today
^ http://www.kam.si/romarske_cerkve/lesce.html Church of the Assumption at kam.si (in Slovene)
^ NK Lesce football club site
^ History NK Lesce
^ http://stadioni.org/lesce/na-zagi/