Cerkev Sv. Janeza Krstnika
Lakeside Gothic church covered in medieval frescoes, including a rare white devil beside Cain.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Church of St John the Baptist on the shore of Lake Bohinj, near Bled, centres on one small figure on the chancel arch and the visitors it has drawn. It brings in the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, who came here in the nineteen-sixties, and the young student who showed him round and later became a collector of Bohinj folklore. Best heard standing beneath the arch, facing the altar.
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