St. Nicholas Church

Mevkuž, Slovenia

Succursal Church of St. Nicholas in Mevkuž was built in the Gothic style (16th century) and has a Baroque bell tower. The Gothic presbytery is preserved.

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Founded: 16th century
Category: Religious sites in Slovenia

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Reiner Ansorge (40 days ago)
Very nice church
Joanna Kowalczyk (2 months ago)
Why do Catholics think that everyone has to wake up for church with them?! The bells ring from 6 a.m. every 30 minutes. It’s a nightmare. Where is your love for your neighbor? Let people sleep in on vacation.
Joanna Faj (3 months ago)
I have never stayed next to such an irritating, loud church before. And I like the sound of bells a lot! But this is too much, the church is obtrusively loud and uses speakers to broadcast the mass to the whole town, singing and all, early in the morning. Good alarm clock if you want to wake up at 6 every day.
Marsha Russell (3 months ago)
We were travelers in Slovenia, and we took the train from Bohinjska Bistrica to Lake Bled. Luckily, there was time to visit this beautiful church you see looming up into the sky as you drive off the train. The setting is spectacular, with green fields beneath the church and mountains rising above. Mass had just ended, and the last people were leaving, but the priest welcomed us as we walked in. The yellow walls and vaulting are striking with the red carpets. An impressive altarpiece of St Nikolas is beneath a fresco of the Virgin. I wished we had been there early enough to attend mass. Next time I’ll make a point of it.
Grzegorz G. (13 months ago)
A large church with a richly decorated interior. The most interesting and at the same time the most important point is the main altar. Nice that we could go inside.
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