Velika Štanga (; in older sources also Sveti Anton,Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 33. ; also ,Klun, V. F. 1852. Archiv für die Landesgeschichte des Herzogthums Krain. Vol. 1. Ljubljana: Kleinmayr & Bamberg, p. 116 StangenLeksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 96.) is a settlement in the hills west of Šmartno pri Litiji in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.Šmartno pri Litiji municipal site
Church
The Štanga parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It dates to 1677 with some major remodelling and rebuilding carried out in 1894.Plaque above the church entrance: "Erecta 1677 Renovata 1894."
References
External links
Velika Štanga on Geopedia