Holiday apartment in Šmihel Pri Žužemberku: Cultural heritage on the Krka

Šmihel Pri Žužemberku is located on a terrace on the right bank of the Krka, north of Žužemberk. The settlement combines a clearly recognizable cultural landscape with traces from various eras and water routes whose course, length and duration are specified precisely.

Culture

The Church of St. Michael is part of the built cultural heritage of Šmihel Pri Žužemberku, is the parish church of the settlement and dates from 1908. On the feast day of Saint Michael, the villagers gathered to celebrate a parish festival. The Villa rustica opens up an older historical horizon: a Roman rural estate probably stood here in the 1st century AD. Economic buildings belonging to an ancient villa were discovered at the Villa rustica; the residential area was probably located somewhat farther north. The Villa rustica and its surroundings are protected as a reserve.

The prehistoric burial mound is also one of the settlement’s notable historical traces. It lies on a rocky hill in a spruce forest and is surrounded by a large circular ditch. At the same time, its chronological classification remains open: the burial mound may date from the Roman period or from prehistoric times.

Landscape

The landscape around Šmihel Pri Žužemberku includes the cultural landscape „Kulturne terase“, which is part of the cultural landscape heritage. Medenov mlin is classified as part of the settlement’s built cultural heritage. The summit of Boršt and the mountain Črni Vrh are located in the surrounding area. The wider regional surroundings also include the mountain Mala Gora and the mountain Limberk. Thus, the named landscape references extend from the immediate surroundings to the wider regional area, without these areas having the same geographical status.

Water

The Krka is also associated with designated water routes. The rafting route from Zagradec to Šmihel is 6 km long and takes one hour. It includes 11 waterfalls ranging from 1 to 4 metres in height. The kayaking route from Lese to Šmihel extends over 9 km and takes two and a half hours. The length, duration, and number and height of the waterfalls give the two routes distinctly different formats.

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