Pristava House

The Pristava House (Slovene: Dom Pristava) is a manor house in the foothills of the Karawanks Alpine range in the Municipality of Jesenice in northern Slovenia. It is located at an elevation of 975 metres (3,199 ft), above the settlement of Javorniški Rovt. It is a popular excursion point.

The house was built in 1641 or 1647 as a mountain chalet for the local ironworks-owning lower nobility and has recently been renovated.

botanist who established the second botanical park in Carniola at the site.^[2]

The park still exists and features a variety of local and exotic trees.

The Pristava House features an inn, a restaurant, and an open-air dance-floor.

daffodils in the late springtime. Nearby Javornik Falls, a series of three waterfalls in the upper course of Javornik Creek, is a popular hiking destination.^[4] The house is accessible by road from the village of Koroška Bela

or on foot via the Gajšek Trail.

References

46°27′15.38″N 14°5′29.28″E / 46.4542722°N 14.0914667°E / 46.4542722; 14.0914667

[1] Slovenian Tourist Association site

[2] Karawanken Zukunft site

[3] .si

[4] Potepanja v naravi (Vagabonding in Nature)

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