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Archive for February 2nd, 2009
Equestrian path
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The new Regional and Study Library in Murska Sobota has become a popular gathering place of the young as well as the old. With its modern appearance, the facility, together with its interior design makes a strong impression on guests and tourists. At the same time a new town centre with a pleasant resting place at the square by the water fountain, is being created.
The beginning of our path is in front of the tourist information terminal and it leads us towards the railway station, past Museum steam engines, through a tunnel to the street, Industrijska ulice. In continuation we cross the street and so leave the clustered town area, then set off to the village of Rakičan by the Ledava stream.
The traffic eases off through the settlement and the path leads along the asphalt road to a large farm building and an extensive park, on the hillside of which stands a manor of extremely rural appearance. A relatively large inner yard is embraced by four wings and a central, one storey residential building dominates. First records of a fortified post are from the year 1431, however a castle stood here even before this. Namely, since ancient times the so called via regna – the king’s road, lead through Rakičan. Gradually a small village Rekethye, as it was named in a written source from the year 1322, developed by it. Finally, in recent times the manor has once again come alive and is gaining a new identity. It houses a research and educational centre with modernly fitted lecture rooms and classes. The Castle area offers accommodation in 14 rooms with a total of 29 beds. A culinary offer is provided at the local restaurant enabling us to rest and refresh ourselves for the continuation of the path. The castle also houses an equestrian club which enables guests to ride in the riding school, while more confident riders can also go horseback riding to the nearby vast fields.
The castle is surrounded by a large park, where in the shade of several centuries old trees, we can rest and relax.
We continue our way between the fields behind the Rakičan hospital back to the place where we conclude our walk, at the starting point.
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Two-day Tour of Goriška region and Goriška Brda
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Day 1: We will visit Rihemberk Castle in the lower Vipava Valley, the largest and oldest castle in Primorska. The road will take us toward Nova Gorica and the Kostanjevica Monastery (Škrabčeva Library and the tomb of the Bourbons). After lunch we will go to Mount Sveta gora to visit the Basilica of the Mother of God and the World War I museum exhibits. On our way back, we will stop at the Solkan Railway Bridge and then take a tour of Nova Gorica. After dinner, entertainment in one of the casinos. ž
Day 2: Departure to Goriška Brda on the Osim road. Brda will soon embrace us with its green and softly rounded hills. We will pass the village of Kojsko, known for its Gothic Church of Sv. Križ, to Gonjače with its 23-meter-high viewing tower and to the medieval village of Šmartno. A visit to Dobrovo Castle follows, with tasting of Brda wines in the Goriška Brda Wine Cellar. We will treat ourselves to a typical Brda dinner at one of the many tourist farms.
Murska Sobota, Castle
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The Old Vine, the oldest vine in the world
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- It symbolises the rich wine culture of Maribor, Štajerska and Slovenia.
- Its scions grow on almost all continents and in numerous places in Slovenia.
- Its grape, the sort Žametovka is one of the oldest domesticated noble wine sorts in Slovenia.
- The 35 to 55 kg symbolic annual grape harvest is bottled in 2,5 dcl glass bottles, designed by the famous artist Oskar Kogoj, that represent a precious protocol gift - annually more than 100 bottles are filled.
- Its wine matures in Maribor’s wine underworld, in Vinag’s wine cellar, which is one of the largest and oldest classic wine cellars in Europe.
- It is the starting point for 3 wine roads and wine –cultural trails of Archduke Johann, which intertwine over the hilly, wine growing surroundings where there are lots of wine shops and tourist farms with excellent white sorts and Štajerska delights.
- Throughout the year, in honour of the vine, a cycle of events unwind From Vine to Wine, the ceremonious Pruning of the Old Vine in the early spring, with the bestowal of scions to selected cities to St Martin’s Day.
- Ceremonial grape harvest of the Old Vine is the highlight of the Old Vine Festival that shows the rich wine, as well as fruit, culinary and ethnological culture of Štajerska.
- The vine grows in Lent, the oldest part of the town down by the river Drava; on the frontage of the Old Vine House, a temple of wine traditions and culture, an exhibition-event room and a tourist information centre. Stroll along the banks of the river Drava to the queen of all vines!
Historical points of interest about viticulture in Štajerska
The wine growing Slovenske gorice and vineyards on the slopes of Pohorje have a rich
past. Wine was made here already in antiquity, to which the first written records from
approximately 400 years BC, from the time of the Celts, bear witness. With the arrival of
the Romans the vineyards expanded, and then with the fall of the Roman Empire the
vineyards were also destroyed. Only with the settlement of the Slavs were the fields and
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Monument to Dr. Julius Kugy
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The monument to Dr. Julius Kugy is located by the road which ascends to the Vršič Pass.
The monument is the work of the sculptor Savinšek and was erected by the Planinska zveza Slovenije (Slovenian Mountaineering Association) upon its 60th anniversary.
Dr. Julius Kugy (1858 – 1944) was one of the greatest admirers of the Julian Alps and the Trenta Valley.
He was a lawyer by profession, and also a humanist who rightly deserves to be called the discoverer of the Julian Alps.
With the help of local mountain guides he was the first to climb many alpine summits of the Julian Alps, and he climbed many by new routes.
In his books he praised the beauty of the alpine world and in an artistic manner expressed his affection for the people living in the mountains and his love for small and hidden values.
In that way he built a lasting monument to the Julian Alps and the people of Trenta.
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