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Bat cave Veternica  mouth of the holly mountain Medvednica

 

• Medvednica mountain was always founded as sacret place for the people who lived there. Neandertales worshiped here cult of cave bear. They eat his meat, gathered his bones and maked schrine of their bones to gane the spirit power of the bear. The mountain got cause of bears name Medvednica and in fall when the leafs are brown it looks like bear thats is laying on top of Zagreb.

• Here hides Veternica cave that holds secrets of bear bones, fosiles of primordial shells, stone waterfall and Zdenac želja (engl. Well of wishes). Here many long extinct animals left their traces: cave leon, leopard, cave hyena, rhioceros, urochos and enormus deer. Professional gouide will tell you everything about Veternica interesting history throu centurys from neandertals, roman soldiers, midelage robbers, till modern adventurers. She is truley the oldest arheological site of Zagreb.

• Traditional mountain lodge Glavica is just 10 minuts upclimbing from the cave. There good hosts will welcome us with warm domestic bean or soup and mountain tea. From the sunn22y terrace you have breathtaking wiew to the whole city.

• Mountain paths are leading all throu whole Medvednica which is the most visitedted in Croatia cause of location next to Zagreb. Mountain and specially tops where founded sacret by the Old Slavens. Magnificent mountain Triglav in Slovenia got the name of god Triglav and had a temple on the top. Simbol stayed and Slovenia has mountain Triglav simbol on her flag. Perun as the god of sky and thunder was often worshiped on tops of mountain.

• Climbing acseppt from fisical is also o spirtual filling up. People here say "We are going to fill our batteries on Medvednica".

• Relaxing walk to refreshing mountain spring. Springs are places where sometimes you can find mountain fairys playing, dancing and whispering their secrets to people with open harts. They hide in spring flowers and every has its own flower.

• Returning by meadow Ponikve in the middle of forest which calls for dancing uner the bright sky with big flame.

• From forrest we are going down into the sea of lights that are sparkeling as the night is comming

• Returning to Zagreb with storys of Patuleku(Dwaf), Palčeku and Vedovnjaku