Finding a Roman Camp
Upper Pivka Valley is an archaeological treasure trove, with numerous Iron Age hillforts and settlements, with Roman villae, tradeposts...
Only Kites and Horses
The village of Velike Bloke lies in the middle of a vast karst plateau Bloke, a remote and wild place in the heart of Slovenia. Lying...
A Rogue Kite and a Cool Discovery
(***UPDATE Aug 3*** - after the experts of the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts looked into all this, there...
A Castle and a Storm
These are the ruins of the castle of Kalec (also Steinberg, Štemberk), near Zagorje in Upper Pivka valley, Slovenia. Built by the...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
In the late 19th century a physician dr. Karel Bleiweis argued for a specialized psychiatric hospital in Ljubljana, Slovenia. A...
Fužine district, Ljubljana
New Fužine district in Ljubljana were constructed from 1977 to 1988 and remain the largest housing project in Slovenia, sprawling on 61...
A Little Masterpiece in the Marsh
This is the Trnovo parish church in Crna vas, Ljubljana Marshes landscape park, Slovenia, dedicated to Saint Michael - known as the...
Borders in the Roman Empire
The precursor of Ljubljana, the roman Emona - Colonia Iulia Emona - was founded by Augustus in the first decades of the first century AD,...
Disappearing Lake Revisited
Intermittent Lake Cerknica, that "miracle of nature" as Valvasor called it, never ceases to amaze. Now the lake is in the process of...
High above Ljubljana Marshes (again)
River Ižica is one of the few rivers in Ljubljana Marshes that retained its natural course. Almost all the others were 'meliorated',...
