Ajdovski gradec
Guided tour of Ajdovski gradec with an archaeologist, where you can discover what life in Bohinj was like 2,500 years ago.
Ajdovski gradec is the name of an ancient settlement located on a hill east of Bohinjska Bistrica. It was inhabited for over 1000 years - from the Iron Age until the decline of the Roman Empire. On the artificially levelled terraces were houses and smithies, protected by stone walls.
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DETAILS
- Performed by ArheoAlpe, under the direction of Mija Ogrin, univ. dipl. archaeologist
- Meeting point: Bohinjska Bistrica railway station
- Duration: 1 - 2 hours
- Difficulty: easy
- Recommended equipment: sports shoes and clothing
- Guiding can be adapted for older people and people with disabilities
- Reservations required at [email protected]
PRICE
- 4 – 15 people: 20,00 €/person
- Group of 16 and more: 15,00 €/person
- Included: expert guidance, contents sheet
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIENCE
The tour of Ajdovski gradec starts at the foot of the hill, where you can learn about the brief history of Bohinj and how people lived in Bohinj during the Iron Age. How wooden houses were built, how people mined and extracted iron, and how they buried the deceased across the river.
You will walk along the old walls, among buildings of which only remnants remain, and discover the past through illustrations and replicas of historical objects. The vantage point overlooking the Bitnje church and the prehistoric burial site reveals all the cleverness and deliberateness of the choice of location and method of construction in our past.
AJDOVSKI GRADEC AND FRANCE PREŠEREN
The epic poem The Baptism at the Savica by Slovenia’s greatest poet, Dr. France Prešeren, is linked to Ajdovski gradec:
With them, who still hold fast to the false faith,
he flees to Bohinj, into the Bistrica Valley,
to the fortress built upon the grey rock.
Even to this day you can see the ruins,
called Ajdovski gradec,
where you behold Črtomir’s possessions.
