Culture

Cultural heritage and cultural landscape

Although protection and conservation of pristine nature is the primary objective of a national park, Alpine national parks are endowed with a responsibility to preserve the autochthonous, pristine cultural heritage as the basis for sustainable development. For Slovenia, the Alpine cultural heritage is of utmost importance because it connects Slovenes with the family of Alpine nations.
The cultural heritage of the TNP is very interesting, diverse and picturesque, because the park lies at the meeting point of various climates as well as various cultures, each of them leaving a mark on the cultural heritage of the area. Evaluation and preservation of the cultural heritage is an extremely demanding but rewarding task.

The register of immovable cultural heritage with the Ministry of Culture of RS contains 300 units for the area of the Triglav National Park.

The number of registered units is changing as a number of units are in the process of registration. According to the type of heritage, secular architectural heritage prevails (approx. a third of all registered units), followed by memorial heritage (almost 25%), settlement heritage (approx. 17%), religious architectural heritage (just over 14%) and archaeological heritage (almost 7%).

The protection of cultural heritage encompasses archaeological sites, settlement areas, man-made nature and cultural landscape, buildings, parts thereof and groups of buildings of artistic, historical or technical value. The cultural heritage also includes buildings associated with important persons and events from the political, economic and cultural history of Slovenia. Nevertheless, the above stated do not cover all the contents of cultural heritage.