{"id":19207,"date":"2023-05-12T10:17:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T09:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitkranj.com\/?post_type=znamenitosti&#038;p=19207"},"modified":"2025-07-22T14:34:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:34:29","slug":"st-kancijans-church","status":"publish","type":"znamenitosti","link":"https:\/\/www.visitkranj.com\/en\/sights\/st-kancijans-church\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Kancijan&#8217;s Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">The church, built at the beginning of the 15th century, is the most distinctive building in the townscape of Kranj. It is one of the most important monuments of Gothic architecture in Slovenia and a model for churches in Radovljica, \u0160kofja Loka, Kamnik and \u0160entrupert in the Dolenjska region. There is a long history of religious buildings at this location, dating back to pre-Slavic times.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The bell tower is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitkranj.com\/en\/bell-tower-of-the-church-in-kranj\">open <\/a>to the public and has a view of all three mountain ranges of the Slovenian Alps and all four directions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Glavni trg, 4000 Kranj (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.si\/maps\/place\/Cerkev+svetega+Kancijana\/@46.2384191,14.3533332,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x477ab8027dfdce39:0x3113bc8e44334eee!8m2!3d46.2384191!4d14.3555165\">Google Maps<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Opening hours:<\/strong> Every day<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Entrance fee:<\/strong> \/<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong> Kranj centre parish community \/ tel. 00 386 4 280 72 00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c61647;\">\u2192<\/span> VIDEO<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"St. Kancijan\u2019s Church\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/etEyATzxL2s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The church, built at the beginning of the 15th century, is the most distinctive building in the townscape of Kranj.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":70998,"template":"","tip-znamenitosti":[247],"class_list":["post-19207","znamenitosti","type-znamenitosti","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tip-znamenitosti-cultural-sights"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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