Kajžnk House
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The Kajžnk or Kajžnik House ( / Kajžnikova hiša) is an ethnographic museum housed in a restored Alpine farmhouse in the village of Rateče
, in the northwest-Slovenia
n municipality of Kranjska Gora
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The house represents a well preserved example of rural architecture, and was long the home of a typical middle-class farming family. Notable feature include the stonework entry portal, as well as the frescoes of St. Florian and sundial on the exterior walls.
The Kranjska Gora municiipality purchased the fire-damaged property in 1995; with the assistance of the Carniolan Agency for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, renovations were completed in 2004. The following year, the Upper Sava Museum
began establishing an ethnological collection, focusing on folk customs, dress and handicrafts of the Rateče area..
The house is furnished with authentic period furniture; two mannequins display several rotating examples of traditional regional costume. The attic contains an ethnological archive, including a rare 80-year-old film recording of village life.
Ratece
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, in the northwest-Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
n municipality of Kranjska Gora
Kranjska Gora
Kranjska Gora is a town and a municipality on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia, close to the Austrian and Italian borders.Kranjska Gora is best known as a winter sports town, being situated in the Julian Alps...
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The house represents a well preserved example of rural architecture, and was long the home of a typical middle-class farming family. Notable feature include the stonework entry portal, as well as the frescoes of St. Florian and sundial on the exterior walls.
The Kranjska Gora municiipality purchased the fire-damaged property in 1995; with the assistance of the Carniolan Agency for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, renovations were completed in 2004. The following year, the Upper Sava Museum
Upper Sava Museum Jesenice
The Upper Sava Museum Jesenice is a regional museum based in the town of Jesenice and the neighboring municipality of Kranjska Gora, both in northwestern Slovenia. The museum's name refers to the general area it documents, the upper Sava Dolinka river valley...
began establishing an ethnological collection, focusing on folk customs, dress and handicrafts of the Rateče area..
The house is furnished with authentic period furniture; two mannequins display several rotating examples of traditional regional costume. The attic contains an ethnological archive, including a rare 80-year-old film recording of village life.