Seeing the Invisible
The past is buried, and some say it should stay that way. Not archaeologists, though - they want just the opposite. But how do you know...
Three Mysterious Lights and the Holy Trinity Church
You know how the 17th century was ... the Recatholisation that began after the Protestant upheaval of mid-16th century slowly backed off...
The Black Soil of Ljubljana Marshes and the Treasures Beneath
The vast Ljubljana Marshes, a 163 square kilometers of flat, marshy land south of Ljubljana, are a strangely beautiful place, rich in...
Eager Wannabe Aerial Archaeologists Visit Prlekija
Inspired by fantastic aerial archaeology work by dr. John Wells (who uses kites for flying the cameras!), with last summer's discoveries...
Arcadia: Dornava Manor and the Grand Baroque Axis
Et in Arcadia ego ... Baroque style - fodder for the masses, as the poet wrote - was both flamboyant and organized; countering the...
Zaplana: the Birthplace of Dragons
Vast, deep forests of Zaplana plateau, some 30 km southwest of Ljubljana, are a mysterious place. A place where dragons live - and are...
A medieval town
Ljubljana Old Town in all its medieval glory ... This kite aerial view of Stari (Old), Gornji (Upper) and Levstik Squares, and Rožna...
Death on the Plain - Iron Age Burial Mounds of Podlože
In the middle of the fertile plain below Ptujska Gora, south of river Drava, stands a group of burial mounds or barrows. They date to the...
A Pearl of Gothic Art - St. Mary the Protectress at Ptujska Gora
In the south of Drava plain the land rises from the rich fields to the hills called Haloze. This is a poor, underdeveloped region of...
Sweet & Sour
In our last post we showed you Ormož Basins Nature Reserve, an extremely important bird sanctuary that was created on the former...
