Lancovo

Lancovo (pronounced [ˈlaːntsɔʋɔ]) is a settlement on the right bank of the Sava River, opposite Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Lancovo
Lancovo
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°19′58.08″N 14°9′36.06″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionUpper Carniola
MunicipalityRadovljica
Elevation
387 m (1,270 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total489
[1]

There is a late Gothic church dedicated to St. Lambert, originally built around 1500 but rebuilt in the 17th century.

The Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia has also revealed a site with mass graves with remains of bodies of hundreds of victims of political killings from the period immediately after the Second World War in Zgornja Lipnica near Lancovo.[2][3]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Slovene Press Agency 18 October 2007
  3. "World War II mass graves open a wound in Slovenia." 2007. The New York Times (22 October).


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