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Rak Škocjan
Rak Škocjan ( sl, Rakov Škocjan; ) is a valley and a landscape park, part of Inner Carniola Regional Park in southwestern Slovenia. Administratively, it belongs to the settlement of Rakov Škocjan. Rak Škocjan has been protected since 1949 and is the oldest landscape park in Slovenia. Geography There are two natural bridges in Rak Škocjan, Little Natural Bridge ( sl, Mali naravni most) and about downstream, to the west, Big Natural Bridge ( sl, Veliki naravni most). Rak Creek traverses the valley and enters the cave Weaver's Cave at its western side. It reappears again in Planina Cave. Above the valley, in the vicinity of Big Natural Bridge, stand the ruins of St. Cantianus's Church, built in the early 17th century in the late Gothic style. This area is also an Iron Age archaeological site. The valley itself is enclosed on all sides by sheer cliffs, which can reach as high as . Name The name ''Rakov Škocjan'' literally means 'Škocjan on Rak Creek'. Like other places na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakov Škocjan Regional Park - Nature Bridge 02
Rakov may refer to: People * Aleksandr Rakov (born 1945), a Russian football player and coach * Maxim Rakov (born 1986), a wrestler from Kazakhstan * Nikolai Rakov (1908-1990), a Soviet composer * Zapryan Rakov (born 1962), a Bulgarian football player Places *Rakaŭ, a village in Belarus known in Russian as Rakov *Rakov (Přerov District), a village in the Czech Republic See also * Rakow (other) {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reka Rak, Rakov Škocjan
Reka may refer to: Places * Řeka, a village in the Czech Republic * Reka, Cerkno, a village near Cerkno, Slovenia * Reka, Laško, a village near Laško, Slovenia * Reka (Kladovo), a village near Kladovo, Serbia * Reka, Koprivnica, a village near Koprivnica, Croatia * Slovene name for Rijeka, a city in northwestern Croatia or: * Reka (region), a region in Macedonia, North Macedonia ** Upper Reka, a subregion in Macedonia, North Macedonia ** , a subregion in Macedonia, North Macedonia * Reka (Metohija), a region in Metohija, Kosovo * Pusta Reka (region), earlier only ''Reka'', a region in Leskovac Valley, Serbia Other uses * Réka, a given name in Hungary * REKA or Reka One, names for Australian street artist James Reka * Reka (river), a river in Slovenia and Italy * Reka dialect, of Macedonian * Reka Devnia hoard, a hoard of Roman silver * The River (1933 film) (Czech: ''Řeka''), a 1933 Czechoslovak film * Upper Reka dialect The Upper Reka Albanian dialect is a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inner Carniola Regional Park
Interior may refer to: Arts and media * ''Interior'' (Degas) (also known as ''The Rape''), painting by Edgar Degas * ''Interior'' (play), 1895 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck * ''The Interior'' (novel), by Lisa See * Interior design, the trade of designing an architectural interior Places * Interior, South Dakota * Interior, Washington * Interior Township, Michigan * British Columbia Interior, commonly known as "The Interior" Government agencies * Interior ministry, sometimes called the ministry of home affairs * United States Department of the Interior Other uses * Interior (topology), mathematical concept that includes, for example, the inside of a shape * Interior FC, a football team in Gambia See also * * * List of geographic interiors * Interiors (other) * Inter (other) * Inside (other) Inside may refer to: * Insider, a member of any group of people of limited number and generally restricted access Film * ''Inside'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of 2.1 million (2,108,708 people). Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakov Škocjan, Cerknica
Rakov may refer to: People * Aleksandr Rakov (born 1945), a Russian football player and coach * Maxim Rakov (born 1986), a wrestler from Kazakhstan * Nikolai Rakov (1908-1990), a Soviet composer * Zapryan Rakov (born 1962), a Bulgarian football player Places *Rakaŭ, a village in Belarus known in Russian as Rakov *Rakov (Přerov District) Rakov is a municipality and village in Přerov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Rakov lies approximately east of Přerov, east of Olomouc, and east of Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; germa ..., a village in the Czech Republic See also * Rakow (other) {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rak Creek
The Rak is a stream in Inner Carniola, a traditional region of southeastern Slovenia. It sources in Zelše Caves () west of the village of Zelše, flows across the Rak Škocjan karst valley for and enters Weaver's Cave ( sl, Tkalca jama), where it continues for and merges in Planina Cave (), about from its entrance, with the Pivka Pivka (, german: St. Peter in Krain, it, San Pietro del Carso) is a small town in Slovenia in the Pivka Basin in the Karst region. It is the seat of the Municipality of Pivka. It belongs to the traditional region of Inner Carniola. Name Pivka ... River to form the Unica. The confluence of the Rak and the Pivka is one of the largest subterranean confluences in Europe. References External links Rivers of Inner Carniola Sinking rivers Articles containing video clips {{Slovenia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weaver's Cave
Weaver Cave ( sl, Tkalca jama), also known as Inlet Cave (), is a long ponor cave in southwest Slovenia. It runs from the west (downstream) side of the Rak Škocjan Valley, where it has two entrances, and continues into Planina Cave. It is traversed by Rak Creek, part of the Ljubljanica source system. It thus forms part of the hydrological connection between Cerknica Polje and Planina Polje. Due to sumps, the stream of the Rak is very difficult to follow and was explored by divers only in 1974, when the majority of the cave was discovered in the course of a rescue expedition, and in August 2012. The cave was named after a stalagmite reminiscent of a weaver. An old story says that he was turned to stone because he worked on Sunday, the Lord's Day. The first description of Weaver Cave was published in 1687 by Johann Weikhard von Valvasor in the ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society''. He also published an engraving of it. The cave has also been depicted by other artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planina Cave
Planina Cave ( sl, Planinska jama), formerly also Little Castle Cave () after Little Castle in the vicinity of its entrance, is one of the longest Slovenian active caves. It is a huge tunnel and the subterranean bed of the Unica River. It is located in Inner Carniola. Five hundred meters from the entrance into the cave is a confluence of two underground rivers: the Pivka River, flowing from the Postojna Polje through Postojna Cave, and the Rak River, flowing to Planina Cave through Weaver Cave from Rak Škocjan. This is one of the largest confluences of subterranean rivers in Europe. Entrance into the cave is at the southwestern part of Planina Polje in the gable end valley below 65 high rocks. The length of the cave is . It has been shown by water tracing that there is a connection between the systems of Planina Cave and Postojna Cave, and the administration of Postojna Cave estimates the connection will also be explored by cavers. The length of the joint system would be ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothic Architecture
Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. It originated in the Île-de-France and Picardy regions of northern France. The style at the time was sometimes known as ''opus Francigenum'' (lit. French work); the term ''Gothic'' was first applied contemptuously during the later Renaissance, by those ambitious to revive the architecture of classical antiquity. The defining design element of Gothic architecture is the pointed or ogival arch. The use of the pointed arch in turn led to the development of the pointed rib vault and flying buttresses, combined with elaborate tracery and stained glass windows. At the Abbey of Saint-Denis, near Paris, the choir was reconstructed between 1140 and 1144, draw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantius, Cantianus, And Cantianilla
Saints Cantius, Cantianus, and Cantianilla (all died May 31, circa 304 AD) are venerated as saints and martyrs by the Christian church. Narrative A late legend states that the three were orphaned siblings, members of a noble Roman family, the Anicii, and related to the Emperor Carinus. Protus was their tutor or guardian, and the Christian who converted the three siblings. When Diocletian began to persecute Christians, according to the legend, the four left Rome, selling their home and giving most of the proceeds to the poor. They reached their estate in Aquileia, where they had travelled to visit in his prison the holy priest Saint Chrysogonus. However, they were captured at a place called ''Aquae Gradatae'' (now called San Canzian d'Isonzo). They were beheaded after they refused to offer sacrifice to the civic gods. Veneration A priest named Zoelus embalmed and buried their bodies at the site. Saint Maximus of Turin subsequently preached a panegyric in their honor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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