Mostnica Gorge
Narrow emerald river gorge of potholes and rock arches, spanned by an eighteenth-century stone bridge.
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This guide to the Mostnica Gorge near Lake Bohinj, a short trip from Lake Bled, stands you on the single stone arch known as the Devil's Bridge, above a river that narrows to less than a metre. It follows two accounts of who built it: a Bohinj folk tale about a bargain and its price, and an eighteenth-century iron baron, Žiga Zois. You'll also meet the folklorist who wrote the tale down, and the Ljubljana writers' circle the baron gathered around him. Best heard standing on the bridge itself.
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