Birthplace of Jakob Aljaž
Jakob Aljaž was born on 6 July 1845 in a house that still stands in the Zavrh pod Šmarno goro village.
Jakob Aljaž was a priest, a composer, a publicist and a mountaineer. He played a large role in the development of Slovenian mountaineering. When he was the parish priest in the Dovje village, he bought Kredarica and the top of the Triglav mountain, where he built a modest shelter called the Aljaž tower. He later gifted the land to the Slovenain Mountaineering Society. He also built some other mountain lodges in the mountains around Triglav: the Triglav lodge on Kredarica, the lodge in the Vrata valley (today called the Aljaž Lodge) and the Stanič shelter just below the top of Triglav. He also marked many hiking trails.
One of his other interests was music. He mainly wrote choir songs celebrating love of homeland and love of mountains, such as Triglav, moj dom and Slovan, na dan
Map
Location
Zavrh pod Šmarno goro
Zavrh pod Šmarno goro
GPS coordinates
N 46.135802
E 14.450662
N 46.135802
E 14.450662
Contact
+386 (0)1 41 298 485
(Javni zavod Sotočje)
+386 (0)1 41 298 485
(Javni zavod Sotočje)
What to see
- Polhov Gradec Dolomites
- Sveti Jakob
- Osolnik
- Confluence of the Sava and the Sora Rivers
- Lake Zbilje
- Sora Natural Lido
- Smlednik Golf
- Nordic Centre Bonovec
- Hrase wetlands
- Old Castle in Smlednik
- Way of the Cross
- Lazzarini Mansion
- Birthplace of Jakob Aljaž
- Birthplace of Franc Rozman – Stane
- Pri Dolinčku House
- Straža Hot Spring
- Church of St. Margaret
- Church of St. Jacob in Hraše
- Goričane Mansion
- Hafner’s chapel (Plečnik’s chapel)
- Pr 'Lenart farmhouse
