Fara (pronounced [ˈfaːɾa]) is a settlement on the left bank of the Kolpa River in the Municipality of Kostel in southern Slovenia. The municipal administration is based in the settlement. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]

Fara
Fara is located in Slovenia
Fara
Fara
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°28′37.4″N 14°52′56.75″E / 45.477056°N 14.8824306°E / 45.477056; 14.8824306
CountrySlovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityKostel
Area
 • Total1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Elevation
227.9 m (747.7 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total29
[1]

The local parish church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It is a large building with a triple nave that was built between 1858 and 1864 in the Neo-Romanesque style on the site of an earlier church.[3] A second church in the village is dedicated to Saint Stephen and is a late 16th- or early 17th-century building that was refurbished in the 18th and 19th centuries.[4]

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