Heart Of Slovenia

The Vače Situla

  Vače, Litija     more than a year ago
Found in 1882 by a farmer called Janez Grilc, the original of this 5th century BC situla is now in the National Museum in Ljubljana. On the spot where the original was discovered however, in Klenik just outside of Vače, lies a replica of the original enlarged five times. Grilc sold his original within a year of finding it, and he’d be kicking himself now if he knew what he’d done. A situla is a bucket type vessel used by the wealthy to serve drinks, using a ladle. The figures depicted on this particular situla now form the background in the Slovene passport.

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