Exit Information and reservations for guided tours KEY VRHNIKA TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE Trail along the Roman wall Roman wall Tržaška Road 9 • 1360 Vrhnika Signpost Hotel Mantova T: 01/755 10 54 • M: 051 661 063 • E: [email protected] Information board Opening hours: Mon-Fri from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm, Road Saturdays from 8.00 am to 2.00 pm Railway Cankar Roman Wall Trail, themed hiking trail Guesthouse Parking Memorial House Mesec Bus Stop Villa Kunstelj Best time to visit: year-round Ivan Cankar Difficulty: easy, hiking gear should be appropriate to Viewpoint Monument the season and forest terrain ZAPLANA Starting point: Cesarski vrh, at the bus stop Zaplana at Roofless cave Tržaska Road CLAUSTRA Vrhnika Cultural Trail length: 2 km, 1 hour The tower of the centre Walking the trail is at your own responsibility Nauportus fortress Vrhnika Tourist Information Centre Educational programmes 4 km Moja exhibition venue Tržaška Road 32 • 1360 Vrhnika ZAPLANA T: 041 354 203 • E: [email protected] VRHNIKA Cankarjev dom CLAUSTRA+ Project Vrhnika Cross-border destination of cultural and green tourism Claustra Alpium Iuliarum

ZAPLANA Published by: Ivan Cankar Institute of Culture, Sports and Tourism Vrhnika Concept and contents: Bernarda Županek, Petra Peunik Okorn Along the Roman army Illustrations: Gorazd Vahen Močilnik Design: Lirion Roman Ljubljanica spring Printed by: Alfagraf tiskarna d.o.o. Proofreading: Urška Stražišar wall Projekt Claustra+ Visit Vrhnika Translation: Matic Šavli Let's go LOGATEC http://www.claustra.org http://www.visitvrhnika.si https://www.facebook.com/ClaustraPlus/ Ajdovski zid https://www.facebook.com/VisitVrhnika/ The project is being co-financed by means from the European Regional Development with the tower https://www.instagram.com/claustra_plus/?hl=hr https://www.instagram.com/visitvrhnika/?hl=en Fund (85%) as part of the Cooperation https://twitter.com/ClaustraPlus https://twitter.com/visitvrhnika Programme INTERREG V-A – . on a hike!

A section of an almost 2000 years old wall is preserved in Zaplana. Lo- Ancient writers would call this cals call it Ajdovski zid (the Wall of line of defense claustra Alpium Caesar’s mushroom is an excellent mushroom. It is hard to say if it is better cooked, baked, Welcome, traveler! Giants). Why? In folklore, Ajdi were Archaeologists discovered that Iuliarum. Claustra means steamed or fried. It is rare and protected in Slovenia, but there are other species of edible mush- the giants that left behind unu- Ajdovski zid is a part of the late Roman “barriers”, and Alpium rooms growing in Zaplana, which you can prepare Roman-style.* But, be careful: poisonous sual and large constructions. defense system, built in the Iuliarum signifies “of the Julian mushrooms also grow here. If you do not know the mushrooms, you better leave the foraging Here is an invitation Ajdovski zid in Zaplana latter half of the 3rd century Alps”. So, it’s “the barriers of the to a more experienced mushroom picker. to an adventure: a hike is almost completely and operated till the early 5th Julian Alps” or just “the Alpine along the Roman wall! covered by soil these days. century. It protected barriers”. So far archaeologists You can recognize it just as an the heart of the discovered more than 30 kilometers wood mushrooms embankment several kilometers Roman Empire from the of these barriers, and about a third (fungi farnei) long and 1-2 meters tall. enemies advancing from of them are found across the slopes the east. above Vrhnika. Find two stamps on your hike along the Roman wall, and stamp them on the correct spot. ∙ 50 dag of mushrooms Find the seal with the image of Constantine I Find the seal that will show you the dish ingredient, ∙ 5 salted fish fillets (he ruled from 306 to 337). He was also known which the Romans called “food of gods”. They knew as . A successful military perfectly well which species of this ingredient were ∙ 1 teaspoon of pepper leader, he is now known as the founder of Con- edible and which poisonous. They would sometimes ∙ Salt stantinople (later Byzantium/Istanbul) and a use the latter on purpose too. That is how the fourth supporter of Christianity. It was during his reign Roman emperor, Claudius, died. One of the most that the claustra were active. An important piece prized was Caesar’s mushroom (Amanita caesarea), We cook the mushrooms and serve them hot, mixed with of equipment of the Zaplana-based soldiers was which still grows around these parts. the fish fillets. Use salt and pepper to your preferences. a helmet. Visit www.claustra.org, where you can The dish goes well with vegetables and meat sauces. download a helmet design and create your own. Do you know of which ingredient we are talking about? After: Emona in rimska kuhinja. Apicijevi recepti za današnjo rabo, Ljudmila Plesničar Gec and Boris Kuhar, City Museum, 1996