A walk through Smlednik and Valburga

9. St Ulrich Church, the Parsonage, and the Cemetery10. Water Trough “Pater”

11. Calvary12. Smlednik Castle (“Old Castle”)

7. Župlnova House8. St Ulrich Square, Cultural Centre, Smlednik Costumes, St Ulrich Chapel, and Village Garden

Župlnova HouseThe masonry house with a cellar built in 1887 boasts beautifully carved front entrance doors.

CalvaryThe Calvary presents fourteen chapels from the Baroque (Rococo) period, with three crosses at the top of the hill.

St Ulrich Square, Cultural Centre, Smlednik Costumes, St Ulrich Chapel, and Village GardenThe square is the spiritual and cultural centre of the village, with the culture building with a mural depicting the Smlednik costume, the St Ulrich chapel, and a village garden mirroring communal gardens from the past.

Water Trough “Pater”The “pater” water trough is a remnant of the old village water supply system.

Smlednik Castle (“Old Castle”)The original castle was a fortified tower with a moat. It represents the clearest embodiment of the design and the development of a medieval castle in central Slovenia.

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St Ulrich Church, the Parsonage, and the CemeteryThe Neo-Romanesque church of St Ulrich was built in 1849 and is facing the parsonage. Behind the church is a ceme-tery with the burial chapel of the Lazarini family, the tomb of teacher Martin Krek, and a First World War memorial.

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1. “Simon Jenko” Elementary School2. Peasant Rebellion Monument

A walk through Smlednik and ValburgaWhat are some of the particularities of Smlednik? Every house has its own hill and its own trench (“graben”), and the village has as many intersections as London, a metropolis.

Do you know Šentomprga? Take a walk through it, helping yourself with this leaflet and a map.

“Simon Jenko” Elementary SchoolThe school was named after the poet Simon Jenko who attended it in the years from 1842 to 1844. Another one of its pupils was priest and patriot Jakob Aljaž who attended it from 1853 to 1855.

Blejček ChapelLate Baroque chapel boasting a statue of St Joseph with a lily flower in his hand.

Lazarini Mansion, St Walpurga ChurchThe Baroque mansion hosts a chapel, a painted ceremonial hall, and a series of rooms with murals. St Walpurga Church in Valburga (Šentomprga) is a Baroque church with an abundantly carved pulpit.

Peasant Rebellion MonumentThe authors of the sculptures, built in 2015 to commemorate the rebellious past, are locals Helena and Miro Rismondo, Bogdan Jerič, and Bojan Kranjc.

A walk through Smlednik and ValburgaPrepared by the members of the study course “Understanding the Heritage of Smlednik”, edited by Marija PipanTranslation: Jaša PipanRevision: Tatjana ErženPhotos: Archives of KS Smlednik, archives of TD Smlednik, and Marija PipanDesign: Aleš GaličičPrinting: Peter FabjančičPublished by: Gorenjski muzej and KS SmlednikRepresentatives of the publishers: Marjana Žibert, MA, and Nežka BogatajSmlednik, 2018

Mežnar House and National Liberation Struggle (NOB) MonumentThe Mežnar House is a monument of cultural heritage since the original architecture of the house was kept. Across the street from the house is a National Liberation Struggle monument with names of those fallen from 1941 to 1945.

“Blood Monument”This Late Baroque chapel stands on the spot where the princely scaffold used to be.

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National Liberation Struggle (NOB) Monument

5. Lazarini Mansion, St Walpurga Church

6. “Blood Monument”

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