Location and presentation
Access routes:
- from Adriatic coast via Ljubljana, in the NW direction towards Italian and Austrian border
- from Italy (Udine, Tarvisio) over Rateče border crossing
- from Austria (Villach) through Karavanke Tunnel or over Korensko sedlo (Wurzen Pass) border crossing.
Mojstrana
(641 m) lies at the confluence of the Triglavska Bistrica and the Sava, on the margin of Triglav National Park. There is evidence of the 14. Century mining and iron working here. Present-day Mojstrana is the home of a few generations of distinguished mountaineers and skiers. Top climbers, continuing the tradition of Triglav guides of the Classical period, took part, amongst others, in Himalayan expeditions and reached a few 8000 metre peaks via difficult new climbing routes. Free-climbing, too, has achieved European standards. Skiers, both men and women, boast a fine set of national champions in all branches of skiing, and two Olympic Games medallists in slalom. A short distance to the east of the village is St. Clement’s Church. In the local alpine museum you can see various geological, ethnographic, historical and mountaineering items. Mojstrana is also the starting point for Triglav (2864 m), the highest summit of the Julian Alps.
Dovje
Dovje ( 703 m), a thousand-year-old-village is beautifully laid among terraced fields and orchards along the southern foot of the steep sunny slopes of the Karavanke. The village has preserved many typical features of alpine architecture, the most outstanding being the arched doorways of farmhouses. In the churchyard of St. Michael’s parish church lie buried many Triglav victims. Some Triglav fans, however, who were fortunate enough to die a natural death, expressed a last wish to be buried there too. One of those was Miss Fanny Copeland (1872-1970), a life-long admirer of Triglav, who, British by birth, spent much of here life, a full 60 years, in Slovenia. Here is buried also priest Jakob Aljaž, a dedicated mountaineer, composer and mountain-huts builder.
