Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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All that remains of the original furnishings is an older masonry altar slab and an altar stone.
On the altar stone sits a priceless treasure, a stone Pieta carved in the characteristic delicate style of the chivalric Gothic period of the second decade of the 15 century, which has unfortunately lost its original polychromatic covering and [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 14th 2016
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Photos showing Predjama Castle built in the cave mouth and rock face. The last photo shows how the castle collected its water supply. Beneath the water collector is a well to hold the water.
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 12th 2016
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Predjama Castle is a Renaissance castle built within a cave mouth in south-central Slovenia, in the historical region of Inner Carniola. It is located in the village of Predjama, approximately 11 kilometres from the town of Postojna and 9 kilometres from Postojna Cave.
The castle was first mentioned in the year 1274 with the German name Luegg, [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 11th 2016
Filed under Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015, Science & Nature
The cave was first described in the 17th century by the pioneer of study of karst phenomena, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor.[4] In 1818, when the cave was being prepared for a visit by Francis I, the first Emperor of the Austria-Hungary, a new area of the cave was discovered accidentally by local Luka Čeč.
First tourist guide and electric lighting
In 1819, [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 9th 2016
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Miramare Park, which at one time had no vegetation, and has now a surface area of 22 hectares (54 acres), stands on a rocky promontory overlooking the Adriatic Sea. The site was planned and arranged by Carl Junker, according to the wishes of Archduke Maximilian who carefully followed the building of his residence. As far as [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 8th 2016
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Within the Gulf of Trieste, the Bay of Grignano is enclosed on one side by a promontory that extends northwards. Tradition has it that this was the place where, on a cold spring day in 1855, Maximilian of Hapsburg had to put ashore from a boating trip because of a sudden squall of bad weather [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 7th 2016
