Attractions and Places To See around Žalec - Top 8

Coming east there is a nice cafe in the summer months.

There is a place in the village where there are some beer columns for tasting different beers

The depiction of a married couple with a small child is only half visible; the man's face and the outline of his body were only indicated in the reconstruction because several parts of the monument could no longer be found. The grave inscription is also incomplete and only partially present, but can be supplemented. It reads: D(iis) M(anibus) C. SP(ectatius) SECV / NDINVS / V(ivus) F(ecit) S(ibi) ET TVT(oriae) AVITAE / CON(iugi carissimae) / AN(norum) LV / ET C. SP(ectatio) CERVE FIL(io) AN(norum) XXVIII / Et C(aio) RVSTICIO TUTORI / NEPOTI AN(norum) XII / ET RVSTICIVM ALBINV F(ilium) / XXX. Also on the right: SPECT(atiae) SEV / ERIN(a)E AN(norum) XXV and further: SPECTATIVS AVITUS AN(norum) LXXX ….AVRELIA SEVERINA… This means: To the gods and the manes. Gaius Spectatius built the tomb during his lifetime for himself, his wife Tutoria Avita, who died at the age of 55, for his son Spectatius Cervus, who was 28 years old, his twelve-year-old nephew Rusticius Tutorius and his thirty-year-old son Rusticius Albinus.

Here the dead are completely preserved. They are Oppidana and Ennius and their daughter Kalendina from the Ennian family. The couple stands in front of the viewer as a half-figure. The man is dressed in Roman tunic and toga, has a full beard and proudly holds a scroll with which he was granted Roman citizenship. It is, so to speak, his "proof of citizenship". His wife Oppidana, on the other hand, is depicted in a completely Celtic-Noric manner. Her undergarment is held in place by two brooches and on her head she wears the typical Noric cap. A small crescent moon (Latin lunula) hanging downwards can be seen as a decoration on a necklace, which is also typical of a lady who has remained Celtic in appearance. The daughter Kalendina, one row below, is dressed like her mother. As is often the case with young people depicted on graves, she is holding a fruit, probably an apple, in her hand.

The preserved grave inscription (lat. titulus) names the owner of the grave: C. SPECTATIVS C. FIL. CLA(udia tribu) / PRISCIANO II VIR(o) I(iure) D(icundo) / AN (norum) XL / V / C. SPECTATIVS FINITVS / II VIR / I(ure)D(icundo) CL(audiae) CEL(eiae) PATER / INFELICIS/SIMVS FECIT …../ ….) MATV /…./ … Roman grave inscriptions are always very formulaic and interspersed with numerous abbreviations, which the expert understood immediately. The translation is: Gaius Spectatius Finitus erected the monument for himself and his father Gaius Spectatius Priscianus. In nearby Celeia (Cilli, Celje) both had been duoviri, a kind of mayor.

The Roman necropolis in the now Slovenian town of Sempeter, which was once called St. Peter am Draufeld in the old Lower Styria, is today one of the most interesting archaeological sites of ancient grave architecture in Central Europe. Here it was not man who destroyed this unique cemetery of important Roman settlers. A huge flood of the Savinja River in the 3rd century AD must have torn even the largest tombs from their foundations and overturned them, so that the families of these dead probably no longer had the strength or time to restore everything to its previous state in honor of the deceased. They had enough to do with saving and restoring their villas and estates. The graves near the rising river collapsed because the foundations had been washed away, fell into the Savinja and were soon covered with sediment, disappeared and were only discovered again by chance almost two thousand years later during excavation work. The monuments further away from the river also collapsed, but were not covered by the river. Their marble components were later reused as welcome building material or were burned to make mortar lime and thus disappeared. It was not until the 20th century that the buried grave monuments saw the light of day again. In 1952, the first debris was discovered by chance and archaeology was called in, which was already exemplary in Slovenia at that time. These excavations lasted until 1956. Even then, there were plans for permanent preservation and public presentation on site. The reconstruction plans were ready in 1959. The findings so far have shown that at least this part of the cemetery must have been created in the 1st to 2nd centuries AD.

The first time I was a little tired, but I didn't make it to the top, but the second time it was better :)

Planinski dom na Brnici is a mountain hut on the northern slopes of the Posavje Hills. It enjoys great views towards the nearby peak of Kotečnik, one of Slovenia's best sport climbing locations, and to the forested peak of Hom. The lodge serves good home-cooked food and is open during the summer months, except on Mondays.