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The vast pre-alpine plateau in the triangle between BA©KA GRAPA, the VALLEY OF IDRIJCA RIVER and the CERKNO HILLS excels in picturesque scenery, and boasts a series of ethnological monuments and examples of folk architecture and frescoes. The image of cultural landscape shows that people in this area have been involved in farming, land cultivation, cattle breeding and fruit growing from old. A varied terrain, intertwined with a multitude of roads and paths, invites hikers and cyclists. And peaks that stand out from the landscape promise magnificent views.

Šentviška Gora

PleËnik in the Wooden granary Primorska region in PeËine

THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY IN PONIKVE delivers a Granaries, which were usually situated superb interaction of past and present. The next to houses and agricultural buildings, gothic church during the Middle Ages and represented great wealth to a farm family. later a baroque church, which was burned and The granary in Pečine, dating back to demolished during the World War II, was given a 1778, was built from thick ash and beech completely new look in 1958. The architect Jože tree timber, which guaranteed safe and Plečnik has changed the existing position of the quality storage of food. Thick and steep altar and turned the aisle towards the village, and roof served as an insulator, and the added a shed to the entrance and accentuated it wooden floor lifted from the ground Pečine architecturally with a round bell tower. Because enabled constant circulation of air. of its past, position and specific image the church Inside people used to store RYE, BARLEY, was declared a CULTURAL MONUMENT by the decree BUCKWHEAT, OATS, WHEAT and SEEDS. DRIED of the municipality of Tolmin and is the ONLY MEAT PRODUCTS were hung on poles below MAJOR WORK OF PLE»NIK IN PRIMORSKA. the ceiling, and floor of the granary were filled with wicker bottles full of HOME-MADE FRUIT BRANDY and NEW WINE, and bowls of DRIED FRUIT.

Ponikve

Ponikve Pečine Suše

Mill and sawmill in Nart Natural attractions

Šentviška planota, the island of karst scenery in the In the 1920s, the MILL and SAWMILL under the village midst of non-karst landscape, boasts numerous karst Daber were built along a stream, which takes its phenomena. The plateau has no surface-running waters source under a massive rock. Thanks to its shape on a fairly balanced surface and the few minor sources and position, the triangular pool provided sufficient disappear underground as early as after a few meters. pressure for propelling the mill wheel, which was Two distinct sinkholes (“ponikev”) are located in the positioned lower. The preserved mill is a testament suitably-named village Ponikve. A share of water, which to the inventiveness of people, who manufactured Nart accumulates in a field in the middle of the village in heavy metal pipes and the mill wheel from weapons and rainfall, runs off to the swallow hole at the edge of the other remnants of World War I. Brass cartridges, for village, and another share disappears in the chasm under example, were melted and transformed into slide the Jeraj homestead. Supposedly, this hole is connected to bearings of the mill mechanism. Directly under the KRASNICA, the most beautiful underground cave in the gorge mill is a pool, which collects water for the purposes of the Kostanjevec brook, which is 200 metres long. In of the saw (the original pool used to stand somewhat addition to this cave, several other underground caves and lower), with a metal pipe, which was also created tunnels can be found in the slopes above the stream, such from the World War I remains, connecting the two. as ZIDANICA, ZEVKA, NOSNICA and POLÆENCA, to name only the ones we know so far. THE GORGE OF THE KOSTANJEVEC BROOK is a typical regional element, considering its erosion- and corrosion induced Kostanjevec shapes, speleological objects and drain regime, so in 1999 it was declared A NATURAL MONUMENT by the municipality of Tolmin. Down the ravine, with its central part referred to as Žlebi by the locals, you can reach villages Ponikve and JAKOBUS PeËine War Museum Pečine by following a once important footpath. GALLUS CARNIOLUS Žlebi The dark history of both world wars is Šentviška Gora is one presented in the WAR MUSEUM IN PE»INE, of the three Slovenian house number 22. towns, which are The displayed mentioned as the collection tells stories possible birth place of of the times, when the great Renaissance weapons dictated the composer Jakobus Gallus. This is supported by the fate of simple people, village tradition, which was passed from generation captured in the claws to generation, and is connected to a rooster, once of army life. painted on the house no. 105, with the house name “pri Petelinarju” (Roosters’). Pečine 1000 500 600 700 800 900 Kobilja glava Kobilja Distance: CIRCULAR CYCLINGTOURACROSSTHE© ASPHALT ROAD reach can enthusiasts by following it experienced the isappropriate for More planota anyŠentviška cyclist. Cycling challenging when it comes whenit to and climbing descendingchallenging roads roads,and forestasphalt dirt routes that are less from choose can well-groomed of anumber cyclists Vrh demanding andVrh Gorski Less Gora. to Šentviška or from Grahovo theBukovski village through obBači to Ponikve, Logaršče through from Klavže the village more grapa, specifically, or from Bači Baška pri Idrija m 0 Ponikve Vrh Škrbino nad VIEWPOINT NATURAL SIGHT HORSEBACK RIDING CROSS COUNTRY SKIING SKI SLOPE BIKING TRAIL HIKING TRAIL (674 m) 26,5 km Jalovnik from Slap ob Idrijci, the obIdrijci, from Slap • Level: medium Žabiški Kuk Žabiški HOTEL APT • Sum altitude: CAMPING SITE BAR INN, RESTAURANT SALES OF CHEESE SALES OF HONEY TOURIST FARMHOUSE APARTMENT HOTEL

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