Slovenia: Dolenjska
Nada is spending her knee rehabilitation days in Dolenjske Toplice spa and today I decided to visit her. On my way I visited the Monument to the Liberation War in Žužemberk and then Nada and me visited the Baza 20, home to the political leadership of the Slovene national liberation movement and Rožek Castle near Podturn pri Dolenjskih Toplicah.
Monument to the Liberation War on Cvibelj Hill commemorates the fallen Partisans who perished fighting in the Suha Krajina district during the WWII. Read more - www.spomenikdatabase.org.
When I was solving a mystery geocache with the Solitaire cipher, the coordinates pointed to Baza 20 (Base 20, originally called Point 20), home to the political leadership of the Slovene national liberation movement.
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| The map of the base, where around 180 people lived in 26 buildings. |
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| The location of the base remained undiscovered until the end of the war (it was not discovered even during the German offensive in 1943). |
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| The castle was built by the Rožeški knights at the beginning of the 13th century. It was first mentioned in writing in 1249 as Reizekke. It was abandoned in the 19th century. |
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| The remains of Rožek casle are situated above the the village of Podturn on the edge of Globočica cover-collapse sinkhole which protected the castle from the hillside. |
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| The village under the castle prospered later, a proof of which is its name Pudturn (under tower). In the time of Turkish invasions, the castle was expanded and additionally fortified. |
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| Only lower nobility resided here, and for this reason the castle did not become the main castle for any of the noble families. From the 17th century on, the castle was owned by the Lords of Soteska who left it to its demise. |
Geocaches found:
- Spomenik OF, GC992NG
- Grad Rožek, GC9AGYY
