{"id":4949,"date":"2020-06-10T10:22:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T08:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanderinghelene.com\/?p=4949"},"modified":"2021-06-07T16:17:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T14:17:39","slug":"a-food-and-heritage-walk-in-idrija","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderinghelene.com\/a-food-and-heritage-walk-in-idrija\/","title":{"rendered":"A Food and Heritage Walk in Idrija"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By June, Slovenia is lush and shades of green. It begins to feel warm even in the shade, like true summer. From Ljubljana, it is just a short one hour drive to Idrija. Perfect for a day trip. I had traveled to Idrija once before, for the famous \u017elikrofi festival, but it was terrible weather so I didn’t leave the covered parking lot. Today I would be exploring Idrija’s culture, history, and food with local expert, Urban \u0160labnik<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Urban has his hands in many pots when it comes to tourism and trust me, he is someone to know if you want to travel to this region. His tourism company offers culinary experiences, accommodation, and even fly fishing. He also helps to run ID20<\/a> an incubation and support program for cultural heritage projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Matev\u017e, Urban’s brother, shows me how the system worked to transport items or people.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ID20’s office dominated by original mercury mining equipment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We first met at ID20 headquarters. When you walk into their office there is this overwhelmingly large piece of machinery that dominates the room. It was once part of a pulley system that functioned as part of the mercury mines. Idrija is an old mining town, but not for the personally familiar anthracite coal, here they mined mercury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idrija is a joint UNESCO World Heritage<\/a> site with Almad\u00e9n (Spain). Together they represent the two largest mercury mines in the world. Throughout the town, you will find plaques on important buildings and structures sharing their significance. The text is presented in both Slovenian and English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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