Religious heritage

Church of the Assumption of Mary

The church sits in the place of a former Romanesque church. The three-sided chancel with a star-shaped ribbed arch is said to be the oldest of its kind in Slovenia.

The Marijino Celje Temple

In the past, the temple was mentioned for the first time in 1325 with the name “De S. Zenone de supra Judrium,” and afterwards, in 1344 it was named “Sancti Zenonis in Sclauonibus.

Church saint George

Marija Snežna Pilgrim's church

It is situated in the Nadavče hamlet, has many interesting details in its interior, but also, when looking from the outside it is an imposing building with a separate bell tower, which is thought to have been built on the remains of a former Roman tower.

St. Tomaž's Church

The St. Tomaž’s Church is a succursal of the Kal nad Kanalom Parish. The Church, which was built in the Gothic style, was erected in the end of the 15th century just above the village of Koprivišče.

St. Ahac's Church

St. Ahac’s Church in Prilesje is the real gem of the municipality’s cultural heritage. The church is renowned for its frescoes dating back to 1560, which had a significant impact on Slovenian painting.

St. Mihael's Church

The Church was built in 1484. The present main altar is a simple work from 1872.

St. Volbenk's Church

The Church was consecrated in 1501, while its architecture dates back to the 14th century.

St. Vid's Church

The original St. Vid's Church from the 17th century stood on a hill outside of the village, where its remnants are still visible nowadays.

St. Matej's Church

The original church was built on this site in the 15th century. The Church was demolished in the First World War and once again rebuilt in the original Gothic style in 1936.

St. Janez Krstnik's Church

The sacral building in Plave was supposed to be built in 1866. It was demolished during the First World War and once again restored in the 20th century.

St. Martin's Church

St. Martin’s Church is a building in the late Gothic style with a rectangular, straight aisle and a star-like, ribbed arched presbytery with frescoes dating back to 1470.

St. Gabrijel Nadangel's Church

The Church was built in 1751. A cemetery that stretches itself along the terrace can be found just underneath the Church. In its arched presbytery, there is a stony altar with marble inlays dating back to the 18th century. Also, in the altar's niche, an image of the Annunciation can be seen while the statues of St. Lucija are located alongside it.

St. Ana's Church

The Church, which is situated on the today's cemetery, was first mentioned in 1542. The main marble altar from 1723 was transferred from the Kanal's parson's church in 1780. The altar is decorated with the statues of St. Janez Krstnik, St. Kvirin, St. Sebastjan, and St. Rok. A Baroque painting of St. Ana, who is teaching her daughter Marija, can be seen in the middle of the altar.

St. Pavel's Church

The Church was built in the 13th century. It is known especially for its marble carved Calvary from the 16th century.

St. Trojica's Church

It is presumed that the construction of the Church was supported financially by the Emperor Franc Jožef himself. As there were no good roads at that time, the locals brought the roofing tiles from the village Ročinj to Srednje by themselves. The Church was completed and blessed in 1872. It was demolished during the First World War and once again rebuilt later.

St. Anton Padovanski's Church

The construction of the Church on a hill near the village was first mentioned in 1512.

St. Andrej's Church

The Church was built in 1727 on the same site as the previous from the 12th century. A belfry with bells, which were poured in by the villagers themselves, stands independently by the Church.

St. Kvirin's Church

A simple one-nave Church was built in 1513 and restored in the 20th century. The Church is dedicated to St. Kvirin, whose statue is located in the altar's niche while, on its side parts, statues of St. Terezika and St. Anton Puščavnik are placed.

St. Gendrca's Church

The today’s Church rose from the ruins of the First World War in 1936. Its altar was brought from the demolished St. Marko's Church in Vipava. In its central niche is located a statue of the patroness made of plaster, which is about 70 centimetre high. 

St. Štefan's Church

The Church, located by the cemetery, was built in Baroque style in 1846. As it was renewed right after the First World War, only the original church’s main altar and the altar on the Epistle side have remained preserved up to the current days.

St. Jakob's Church

The Church was built in the first half of the 14th century. According to its architectural characteristics it belongs among the so-called church buildings of the “Istrian group”, whose main feature is that the altar area does not stand out by the shape in the exterior of the building.

St. Jurij's Church

The present Parson’s Church from the 19th century was built on the same site as the original church.

St. Nikolaj's church

The Church was built in the 15th century. The bell, which is still kept inside the Church, dates back to 1463 and is supposed to be the first of the many bells that the Church has ever had.

St. Kancijan's Church

St. Kancijan’s Church in Britof - inside the church there is one rarely preserved Gothic altar, composed of three corridors in Slovenia, also a golden altar in the Baroque style, and frescoes from the 16th century.

Cave with a statue from Lourdes

The cave in Kanal was set up in 1934 on the initiative of Mrs. Ravnik from a moneyed Kanal family who during her pilgrimage to Lourdes in France noticed a striking likeness between her home-town cave and the one in Lourdes. Returning from the pilgrimage, she got in contact with the then parish priest of Kanal and purchased the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes which was put up in the cave and was consecrated that same year. Throughout the Second World War, the cave remained unharmed. Since 1958, Holy Masses have been held in it.