Idrija – the Heritage of Mercury

1) Entrance to Anthony shaft
3) Video projection in Anthony shaft
4) Each miner got a number before descending to the underworld
5) In the shafts...
6) In the shafts...
7) Iron ball floats on mercury
8) Gewerkenegg castle
9) Gewerkenegg castle
10) Gewerkenegg castle
11) Museum in Gewerkenegg castle
12) In the museum: "Only Italian is spoken here". Idrija was under Italy between both world wars.
13) Museum in Gewerkenegg castle
14) Detail from the museum
15) Part of the museum is dedicated to face from different parts of the world
16) Lace
17) You can also visit a miners house
18) Idrija lace in the miners house
19) Idrija Kamšt, Europes biggest wooden wheel. It was used for pumping water from the mine shafts
20) Wild lake near Idrija

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Idrija – the Heritage of Mercury

Location	Idrija, North Primorska
Type:	museum, mine, lake
Entrance fee:	yes
Altitude:	326 m

At the word »Idrija« most of Slovenians first think of žlikrofi (typical local dish), laces and mercury. The latter had a crucial impact on the creation and development of Idrija where it all revolved around mining and production of this heavy metal for a number of years. Nowadays the mine is shut, none the less you can visit parts of shafts and try to identify wit...

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