Pletna boats on Lake Bled in Julian Alps, Slovenia
Pletna rower with tourists on Lake Bled in Julian Alps, the most famous touristic resort in Slovenia. Pletna is a name for a 7 meter long and 2 meter wide wooden flat-bottomed boat which from centuries carry guests on a small island with a church. Pletna has through the years gotten the shape that has today. The credit for that goes to the skilled boat carpenters from the village Mlino. First notes in the church books go back to the middle ages of the 12 century. In those days have the poor farmers from the village Mlino that lies on the south coast of Lake Bled Lake received from the authorities and assignment, so instead of paying local tax they had to take pilgrims to the island. Later on at the times of the empress Maria Theresa have the boatmen received so called "servatute rights". Those rights were given to 20 families from the village and they were the only ones who cloud transport people to the island. From the time on the pletna-boat business goes from generation to generation.
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Location: Lake Bled, Bled, Upper Carniola, Slovenia
Photo credit: © Michal Kowalski / Alamy / Afripics
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