Šmarje–Sap

Šmarje–Sap (pronounced [ˈʃmaːɾjɛ ˈsaːp]; Slovene: Šmarje - Sap[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Grosuplje in central Slovenia.

The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

It is a contraction of the old locative form *šent Marije '(at) Saint Mary', referring to the local church.

[4] Šmarje–Sap was created as a settlement in 1961 through the merger of the formerly separate villages of Šmarje and Sap.

[5] The parish church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana.

Nativity of Mary Church