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joze2 Says: THE BOARDING HOUSE BARBARA is situated at a peaceful location, near to the town centre in a miner's house over 500 years old, where Mr. STANKO BLOUDEK was born,...
novsco61 Says: The Idrija Municipal Museum was announced as Best European Museum of Industrial and Technical Heritage in year 1997.It shows 25 differrent exhibition halls:-...
novsco61 Says: Castle Gewerkenegg dominates the old core of Idrija. It was erected at the beginning of the 16th century to serve as the administrative headquarters and...
novsco61 Says: For its ambitious and professional work, the museum was awarded the flattering title Best European Museum of Technical And Industrial Heritage by the European...
novsco61 Says: The oldest part of the mine - Anthony’s Shaft, which dates from the year 1500, and the underground chapel from the 18th century - is open for visitors....
novsco61 Says: Mercury in Idrija comes in two guises: as cinnabar (mercury sulphide, HgS) rock inclusions, and as pure mercury, referred to as 'native' mercury. In the...
KLAVŽE - wooden water barriers
novsco61 Says: The mercury mine needed enormous quantities of wood. For this reason forestry was a very important branch of activity. The transport of timber from remote,...
Kamšt - the largest wooden water wheel in Europe
novsco61 Says: In all periods the Idrija Mine devoted special attention to facilities for lifting ore and pumping pit water. At the end of the 16th century, when miners...
Pri Škafarju: Idrijski žlikrofi
novsco61 Says: From the mid - 19th Century, the town of Idrija and its surroundings have been famous for Idrija Žlikrofi.Due to lack of historical sources, the exact origin of...
The town with world's second largest Mercury mine
The mine in Idrija is the second biggest mercury mine of all time, behind Almadena in Spain. This old mining town is squeezed into the narrow valley of the Idrijca river. Mercury was found here in...
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