Turjak Travel Guide

 Glorija Says:  From the north there is an avenue of lime trees leading to the castle. Among them is a huge hundreds of years old lime tree. It is an important dendrological monument. It inspired our great poet dr.France Prešeren in his poem about Rozamunda of Turjak. This castle... 

 olja1234 Says:  Its existence of more than 800 years is closely related to the political, social, cultural and wartime history. It has faced the Turkish invasions, the Reformation period, the begining of Slovene Literature and the time of II World War. 

 olja1234 Says:  The castle well is built of terraces and is over 20 m deep. There were subterranean cisterns used for storing rainwater.This huge unparalleled well was first mentioned by J.V. Valvasor in his book The Glory of the Carniola dukedom. 

 olja1234 Says:  You can see the remains of the place used for firing on the way to the Knight Chapel. The walls of the south residental part are disposed with passages for smoke.Before the war, the joiner of the castle, blacksmith and washerwomen had their residences here. 

 olja1234 Says:  Very remarkable is a chapel named after Jurij Dalmatin. You can see a Gothic portal at the entrance, This chapel is appropriate for performing concerts because of its good accoustics. 

 olja1234 Says:  Through a small door, you enter the cellar where counts stored vintage wines. The Turjak region is not a wine growing one and the wine had to be importedThe celler is vaulted and engraved in a sheer rock 

 olja1234 Says:  The interior design keeps the way, how it looks like in ancient times. The owners are very friendly, and both good cooks. 

 olja1234 Says:  Very old and very well visited inn "Pri Kuklj" at Velike Lasce.It is located in the centre of Velike Lasce, by the road towards Ribnica - Kocevje.You cant miss it 

 olja1234 Says:  Another renovated object in this complex. It used to be a steam saw.The whole complex looks great, The brook with some footbridges is streamming by, all around green meadows, trees - in short wonderful invirons.. 

 olja1234 Says:  This is the place where Primos Trubar was born. (1508 - 1586) He wrote the first Slovene books "Catechismus" and "Abecedarium" and published them in 1550Nowadays many cultural events are taking place here. 

 olja1234 Says:  Ten minutes drive from Turjak towards Kocevje, Rasica, the birth place of Primos Trubar is located. Nowadays its a temple of slovene culture.In the photo there is a relief of Primos Trubar, the man who wrote the first Slovene book in 1550. 

 olja1234 Says:  I took the photo of these gorgeous horses in the he farm, where my mother was born. It is village named Adamovo, also not far away from Turjak. In that time, they cultivated fields, nowadays they keep horses, sheep. 

 olja1234 Says:  This old cottage is unsettled now. It is typical cottage as used to be there. The living room where dominate a big stove and a table with bench around, a kitchen and a bedroom. The building ends with a stable 

 olja1234 Says:  About 10 to 15 km from Turjak is located this village. You can take a beauteful view of the hills around. In the middle of the village there is a small chapel, very often sights. 

 olja1234 Says:  The castle has never had a park, but there were many paths used for walking. Some of them were used by the upper classes only.North from the castle, counts found shelter from the summer heat at the avenue planted with lime trees 

 olja1234 Says:  At the time I visited the castle, a great charity concert was performanced. And that's why those two spearmen are standing in front of the entrance to the castle yard.