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Ruard manor

In 1538 Italian family Bucelleni moved from Planina pod Golico to Stara Sava. They built a manor and a foundry, which earned a lot of money in a short period of time. In 1686 the Bucellenis became counts. Valentin Ruard, a Belgian merchant, bought the plant and the manor in 1766. Three generations of the Ruards lived in the manor and in 1871 it became the property of the Carniolan...

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Kos Manor

Kos Manor was built in 1521 by Žiga Dietrichstein, tenant of the Counts of Celje. The Bela peč coat-of-arms is preserved above the balcony door and historical sources refer to it as “old Bela peč Castle«. In the 18th century it was owned by the Khevenhüllers from Carinthia, Princes of Eggenberg and Counts of Trillegkh. In 1812 it was bought by merchant Frančišek Pavel Kos who renovated it in 1821....

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Liznjek house

Liznjek’s house in the centre of Kranjska Gora used to be a rich estate, built by a former main village road. The farm house, once a pub as well, was built in the second half of the 17th century, with a lot of farm baroque characteristics from the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. Its design was one of the most advanced types of architecture in our country,...

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The Slovenian alpine museum

Slovenian Alpine Museum in Mojstrana was opened in 2010. It is a project of several equal partners: Alpine Association of Slovenia, TriglavNational Park, Municipality Kranjska Gora, Mountaineering Society Dovje-Mojstrana, Gornjesavski muzej Jesenice , Ministry of Culture of the Republicof Slovenia, Office of the Government of the Republicof Sloveniafor Local Self-Government and Regional Development, Avgust Delavec Foundation, Slovenian Mountaineering Club Skala. It is a unique mountaineering centre in Slovenia. It includes...

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Kasarna

Kasarna is a late Baroque building dating from the end of the 18th century. It is one of the oldest preserved examples of common workers’ flats in our country. Ironmaking families lived there until 1983. In 1985 it was listed as a cultural monument, renovated by the Municipality of Jesenice under the authority of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Kranj. Nowadays it houses Music School Jesenice and...

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Kajžnk house

Kajžnik’s house is situated in the southern part of the village centre. It is a one-floor stone house with a double-sloping roof with a gable and external corridors. A former home of a medium well-off farm has a typical floor plan: living room with a small room, hall with a black kitchen and a granary. A fresco of St. Florian is preserved on the eastern facade, and a sundial can...

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Kolpern

This was a covered and airy storage for charcoal in foundry settlement Stara Sava. It is shown in the land registry map (1868) that in 1808 the original small building was extended to three connected storages. The buildings were right next to the blast furnace, supplying it with the charcoal as fuel. At the end of the 19th century the blast furnace was abandoned and the purpose of the storage...

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Stara Sava

Stara Sava is characterised by extremely rich ironmaking tradition. It has all the essential elements of a former iron foundry settlement: Ruard Manor from the 16th century, Church of St. Mary’s Assumption from the beginning of the 17th century, Kasarna with workers’ flats from the end of the 18th century, a blast furnace with a puddling mill, storage for charcoal and a mill from the 19th century. Today the area...

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