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[EN] The name of our special world on the western edge of Slovenia, just above the Gulf of Trieste, is the Karst or in Slovenian ‘Kras’. This is where water and soluble rocks make contact, which has seen the emergence of a magical world of underground caves, disappearing rivers, dolines and other karst phenomena. In fact, our Karst plateau gives its name to all similar landscapes around the world with comparable soil composition and the whole set of karst natural phenomena.
Underground caves are truly breathtaking karst wonders, and among the most beautiful and special are the Škocjan Caves featuring the world’s biggest underground canyon and included in the UNESCO’s World Cultural and Natural Heritage List.
Lipica village in the Karst is the home of white Lipizzan horses. The Lipica Stud Farm, founded in 1580, is the largest stud farm in the world boasting 300 thoroughbred Lipizzan horses. The Equestrian Park Lipica, with its dry-stone walls and cultivated karst grassland called ‘gmajna’, is the epitome of the typical karst landscape.
The picturesque medieval village of Štanjel, one of the oldest settlements in the Karst, is a wonderful example of traditional architecture and building construction. Declared a cultural monument, it also encompasses the castle and the later-introduced Ferrari Garden.
