Sava (Jesenice)

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Sava, today more commonly known as Stara Sava ("Old Sava") is a formerly autonomous settlement that is now part of the town and municipality of Jesenice, in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

History

The settlement was one of several that developed on the banks of the river Sava Dolinka after 1538, when the ironworks from the Planina pod Golico area were moved here, closer to a stronger water source. Sava was mentioned as the site of an ironworks by the historian Janez Vajkard Valvasor in his "Glory of the Duchy of Carniola" in 1689.

The core of the hamlet consisted of a number of buildings connected to the ironworks, the following of which have survived:
*the Bucelleni-Ruard Manor
*the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Roch
*the Kasarna, a worker's residential building
*remnants of a historic ironworks, including an intact blast furnace, its chimney, a mill, and part of the concrete mill trench [ [http://www.jesenice.si/dokument2.asp?id=1411&tip=pdf Paper on the church at Old Sava on Jesenice municipality site (in Slovene)] ] .

The blast furnace ceased operation in 1897, and the entire area was more or less abandoned as it became trapped amongst the larger facilities of the modern Jesenice Ironworks and cut off from the rest of the town of Jesenice, into which Sava and the neighboring settlements of Plavž (Jesenice)Plavž, Murova , and Javornik had been amalgamated by royal decree in 1929. The demolition of many obsolescent facilities of the factory during a phase of urban renewal in the 1990s exposed Sava again, and a new city plan for central Jesenice was drawn up, incorporating the historic district back into the town. The entire settlement has been declared a technical monument. [ [http://www.jesenice.si/dokument2.asp?id=2031&tip=pdf Stara Sava tourist guide, from the Jesenice municipal web site (in English/Slovene)] ]

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Roch

The church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Roch ( _sl. Cerkev Marijinega vnebovzetja in Roka), originally dedicated only to the Assumption of the Virgin, was built by the ironworks owners Julius and Orfeus Bucelleni. It is the first example of Jesuit architecture in Slovenia. The nave, with a plaque dated 1606, still preserves its original features. The choir was expanded and raised in the late 17th century. Three altar pieces painted by the Venetian artist Nicola Grassi from the church (The Assumption of the Virgin, Mary of the Rosary with St Dominic and St Francis [ [http://www.ng-slo.si/en/default.asp?id=269&prikaz=umetnina&ust=65 National Gallery of Slovenia site (in English) with image of Grassi's painting] ] , St Anthony of the Desert with an unknown early christian martyr) were all restored in 1961 and again in 1992. There are a number of other oil paintings in the church.

References

External links

* [http://www.gornjesavskimuzej.si Jesenice museum site (in Slovene)]
* [http://www.jesenice.si Jesenice municipality site (in Slovene)]