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The Vilenica Cave
The Vilenica Cave, which lies near the village of Lokev in
the far west of Slovenia, reputedly has the longest tradition
of speleological tourism in Europe. Until the middle of
the 19th century Vilenica had the reputation of being the
largest most beautiful and most frequented cave in the
central Karst. Long forlorn, passed over in favour of even
larger caves in the region, Vilenica’s fortunes were revived
in 1963 when the local Sežana Caving Club began taking
an interest in it. The club’s members renovated its galleries
in their leisure time and installed electric lighting. The cave,
which in bygone centuries triggered the imagination of
visitors, is believed by locals to be the home of good fairies
and this is how Vilenica got its name (“vile” is the Slovene
word for fairies).
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Jama Vilenica
Jama Vilenica pri Lokvi je najstarejša turistična jama v
Evropi. Do sredine 19. stoletja je slovela kot najlepša,
največja in najbolj obiskana jama matičnega Krasa.
Dolgo zapuščena je Vilenica ponovno zaživela leta 1963,
ko je skrb zanjo prevzelo Jamarsko društvo Sežana. Člani
društva so v svojem prostem času postopoma obnovili
poti in uredili električno razsvetljavo. Jama je nekoč
močno burila domišljijo obiskovalcev in domačini so
verjeli, da v njej prebivajo dobre vile. Tako je Vilenica
dobila svoje ime.
Vilenica, foto Jamarsko društvo Sežana
Vilenica, foto Jamarsko društvo Sežana
Vilenica, foto Božo Zlobec