Rosalnice (pronounced [ɾɔˈsaːlnitsɛ] or [ɾɔˈsaːu̯nitsɛ]; German: Rosalnitz[2]) is a village on the left bank of the Kolpa River, east of the town of Metlika in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia, on the border with Croatia.

[7] The third church is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and has a Late Romanesque nave with a 15th-century Gothic sanctuary, but was extensively rebuilt in the following centuries.

The early history of the development of the complex is not well documented in written sources, so numerous theories have arisen as to the origins of the three churches.

Based on Valvasor's account as well as other sources, some authors have suggested the site was established by the Knights Templar in the late 12th century when they were granted the parish of Črnomelj with all its filial churches.

Others suggest that the churches were founded in the early 13th century, when the Counts of Višnja Gora or Andechs annexed White Carniola.

[9][10] Three concrete bunkers, dating to the Second World War, and remnants of the old border line between the Kingdom of Italy and the Independent State of Croatia between 1941 and 1943 are preserved in a field east of the village.