The Radovna Valley (, ) is an alpine valley in the

Julian Alps The Julian Alps (, , , , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretches from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. A large part of the Julian Alps is inclu ...

in northwestern Slovenia, traditionally part of

Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( ; ; ) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The largest town in the region is Kranj, and other urban centers include Kamnik, Jesenice, Jesenice, Jesenice, Domžale and ...

. It is included in

Triglav National Park Triglav National Park (TNP; ) is the only national park in Slovenia. It was established in its modern form in 1981 and is located in the northwestern part of the country, respectively the southeastern part of the Alps, Alpine massif. Mount Trigla ...

in its entirety.

Geography

The Radovna Valley is surrounded by the northern extensions of the

Pokljuka The Pokljuka Plateau () is a forested karst plateau at an elevation of around , located in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia. The plateau is known for its forests, pasture, mountain pastures (Javornik, Lipanca, Uskovnica, Zajamniki, etc ...

Plateau, the foothills of the

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range, and the highest peak of the Mežakla Plateau, Jerebikovec (). It is connected by a road via the Kosmač Pass to the north with nearby

Mojstrana Mojstrana (; ) is a village in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Geography Mojstrana is located in the Upper Sava Valley at the point where Bistrica Creek joins the Sava River below the main road fro ...

, and a road leads down the valley toward

Bled Bled (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan regio ...

. The Radovna River, created by smaller

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from the glacial valleys of the

Krma Krma is an alpine valley in the Julian Alps in the Upper Carniola region of northwestern Slovenia. The entire valley lies in Triglav National Park. Name The name ''Krma'' is of uncertain origin, possibly derived from a substrate root such as *' ...

and Kot valleys, flows through the valley. From the valley, the Radovna continues its flow into the Vintgar Gorge, a deep and picturesque canyon, and finally joins the

Sava Dolinka The Sava Dolinka is a headwater of the Sava River in northwestern Slovenia. The long Sava Dolinka starts as Nadiža Creek in the Planica Valley under Mount Zadnja Ponca in the Julian Alps, at an elevation of 1222 m, close to the Italian border ...

near Moste. Extensive pastures in the valley are used for cattle. There are also a number of private holiday homes scattered throughout the valley. The largest settlement in the valley is Zgornja Radovna.

Pocar Farm

The Pocar Farm (), in Zgornja Radovna, has one of the oldest traditional

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, with the date 1775 engraved on one of its beams. It was recorded in a written document from 1672. It is one of the best-preserved examples of traditional 18th-century

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architecture and has been protected as a cultural monument of national significance. The farm now hosts an

ethnographic museum Ethnographic museums, also known as ethnological museums, conserve, display and contextualize items relevant to the field of ethnography, the systematic study of people and cultures. Such museums include: List by country or region Albania * Ethnog ...

and an information point for Triglav National Park.

References

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