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Thurn Manor has an outstanding double staircase. It leads to the Čebelarski muzej (Museum of Apiculture).
Slovenia has a very long history of beekeeping. Apis mellifera carnica, the Carniolan Bee is today a worldwide known bee though, outside Slovenia, most beekeepers don't even know it’s Carniolan origin. In the XIXth, numerous colonies were exported to California and Oregon
If you want to buy Carniolan bees, they are for sale on line on Carniolan bee
The Museum of Apiculture shows living bees at work as well as traditional beehives painted with amazing decors. It is a must visit.
The sliding beehive was invented in Slovenia. It allows easy collection of honeycombs and easy transport of a whole colony. It leaded to the development a folk art special to the country: for centuries, beehives have been painted with naïve art figures. Many are outstanding. The museum has a large collection of such beehives on display.
You can have a virtual visit of the Museum of Apiculture but the live visit is much better.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
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Though Art Nouveau Cebeliča is the most prominent building on Gorenjska cesta, some other buildings are worth a look. They are administrative buildings such as Court house, Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Defence, etc…
Photo 1. At number 16, Gorenjska cesta, Gorenjska banka is in a 1920 building with an ornate entrance.
Photo 2. Close up on the entrance.
Photo 3. In front, on the other side of the street, another building has been built in the same period. The entrance, too is worth a look with the face of a nice lady.
Written Oct 1, 2009
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Cebeliča means Little bee.
The Cebeliča house stands Gorenjska cesta, 18. It was built in Art Nouveau style in 1906 as a saving bank. It now houses local State administration.
Photo 1. Cebeliča building;
Photo 2. Closer view of Cebeliča building.
Photo 3. Close-up on the entrance of the Cebeliča building, framed by magnificent twin trees and with the date of 1906.
Photo 4. the side of Cebeliča building.
Written Oct 1, 2009
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In the small park near the church stand a series of strange wooden statues, roughly carved.
Photo 1. A pile of school childrens?
Photo 2. A mysterious girl, clad in a long tunique.
Photo 3. The same, shot from another side.
Photo 4. The question is not what you feel it figures but what the artist wanted to figure!
Photo 5. It might have been inspired by Easter island.
Written Oct 1, 2009
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Near the church, on the opposite side of the street, stands a large house with stone lintelns. The front of the hose is painted in white and pink. I have been unable to identify the fresco on the right,
Written Oct 1, 2009
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Photo 1 in the northern part of Radovljica, we spotted this church. It does not look very old but I was unable to get any information on it.
Photo 2. At the bottom of the clock tower, a modern iron sculpture.
Photo 3. On the side of the church, a fresco with a shepherdess.
Written Oct 1, 2009
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Not far from the northern end of Lindhardtof trg, a terrace allows to have a full landscape on the Lipniško valley valley with the Sava river (not seen on the photo). The valley is mostly forests with some farmland
Written Oct 1, 2009
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Photo 1. South to Saint Peter (on the right), stands Župnišče (The rectory). St Peter church and the Rectory are not on Lindhardtof trg but on the Market place.
Photo 2. The photo has been taken from the entrance. It shows the inner courtyard.
Written Oct 1, 2009
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The vault of the church is supported by Gothic ribs ornamented with starry keystones standing on octagonal pillars. I quote from a document printed by Radovljica’s Tourist office:
The ornamental sculptures and alters are the work of Lodovico Bombassi and Angelo Pozzo, while the side alters were designed by Janez Vurnik, Ivan and Helena Vurnik, Matej Gori^^cnik and sculptors Valentin Vrbnik, Jo^zef Pavlin and Stane Jarm. Paintings by Leopold Layer, Pavel Künland Janez ^^Subic farther enriched the interior.
Written Oct 1, 2009
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Sv. Petra (Saint Peter parish church) was built in 1300 in Romanesque style. It was rebuilt and made larger in the Xvth. It stands on the Market place, together with the Rectory.
Photo 1: front of St Peter with its three entrances, built on the model of the parish church in Kranj.
Photo 2: close-up on the three portals carved in Flamboyant Gothic style by Angelo Pozzo in 1713.
Photo 3: Close-up on top of the main entrance with five saints, each standing in a niche (oops, one is missing, empty niche)
Written Oct 1, 2009
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