Dovžan Gorge
The Dovžan Gorge is situated a few kilometres northern from the Tržič settlement in the heart of the Karavanke mountain range. Wild streams of the Tržiška Bistrica river have been excavating a deep gorge for centuries uncovering stones, that bear witness to a long and interesting geological history. It is due to exceptional geological conditions and rich palaeontologic sites that the Dovžan Gorge became world-famous – first researchers discovered fossilized remains of life from once warm and shallow sea already at the end of the 19th century. The one-kilometre path uncovers various stones and fossils from the ancient times – Palaeozoic – among which special attention should be placed to the spherical porous Schwagerina carniolica and to a series of Brachiopoda, first found in the Dovžan Gorge. Various types of limestone, sandstone, breccia and conglomerate can be found along the path to the Exhibition- Educational Centre in the Dolina valley. There visitors can renew the information heard and seen already along the path itself.
