Matena

In addition to Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus Church, several other structures in Matena are registered as cultural heritage:

• The village core itself is registered as cultural heritage because of its special ambiance. Matena is a ribbon village with a preserved series of buildings from the second half of the 19th century. The center of the village is at a fork in the road in front of the church and the village linden tree.^[6]
• The Lanišče archaeological site has yielded finds from prehistoric, Roman, and Medieval times, including pottery, horseshoes, and a Venetian coin. Secondary sites associated with the site include Roman-era gravestones at the church and the site of the 16th-century Höfflein Manor, which was destroyed in the 1895 earthquake.^[7]
• The Stari Deli archaeological site has yielded Roman-era horseshoes and two oak dugout canoes. One of them was identified as associated with prehistoric pile dwellings. It was discovered while cleaning a ditch in 1927 and taken to the National Museum of Slovenia. The other, discovered in 1948, was destroyed.^[8]
• The village features 13 straight-line hayracks dating from the 19th century along a farm road south of the village center. The oldest hayracks are made of wood with tile roofs, and others have been renovated with concrete columns and asbestos-cement roof panels.^[9]
• The house at Matena no. 26 stands at a fork in the road in the northern part of the village. It is a single-story rectangular structure with a dormer above the entrance and a gabled roof. It has a rectangular door casing bearing the year 1914 and a richly ornamented facade from the sane time.^[10]
• The house at Matena no. 28 stands east of the village core. It is a single-story structure with a large dormer and entrance in the side facing the road. It has a half-hip roof covered in clay tiles. The facade is decorated in Secession style and dates from the beginning of the 20th century.^[11]
• There is a granary at Matena no. 32, in the center of the village next to the square in front of the village linden tree and church. It is a small, two-story structure dating from the beginning of the 19th century. It has a gabled roof with extended eaves above wooden steps and a balcony on the upper floor, where the entrance to the granary is. The ground floor was built as a residential area.^[12]
• There is a chapel shrine south of the village, along a field road to Iška Loka. It contains a statue of the Virgin Mary and has painted side niches, and was created in 1925.^[13]
• A stone column shrine stands at the crossroads in the village. It is topped by a hip roof with a cross, below which there is a seated figure of Christ in a wooden enclosure. The shrine dates from the 19th century.^[14]

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  Column shrine
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  Shrine detail

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