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and the Baroque Hall—once divided into 10 small offices, but recently restored to its previ-
ous grandeur.
Beyond the mansion (and connected to it by a gallery) is
St. Peter's Church;
to its right
is its rectory, where you can dip into the pretty courtyard.
Circle all the way around the church, then go through the gate to the edge of the ravine.
Burrowedintothehillside isa
World War II-era bunker
leftbehindbytheNazis.Peeking
into the window of the bunker, you'll see it's been turned into a chapel dedicated to Edith
Stein,a20th-centuryPolishJewwhobecame aCarmelite nunbutwasarrested bytheNazis
and executed at Auschwitz. She was later made a saint by Pope John Paul II (notice the
menorah and Star of David inside the chapel, on the right). While she has no official ties to
Radovljica, locals are inspired by Edith's example.
Apicultural Museum (Čebelarski Muzej)
This museum celebrates Slovenia's long and very proud beekeeping heritage. While the ex-
hibits about the history of beekeeping are oddly fascinating, the highlight is the extensive
collection of colorfully painted frontboard panels (used on the front of hives)—one of
