The Aljaž Tower, a symbol of Slovenia, today on the top of Triglav, at 2,864 meters above sea level, has been offering shelter and a photographic motif to mountaineers for 120 years. Defender of Slovenia was founded by Jakob Aljaž and three assistants on August 7, 1895, after he bought 16 square meters of land on the roof of Slovenia for a goldsmith. Have you ever taken a picture with him?
First ascent of Triglav happened on August 26 1778, more than a hundred years later and a quarter of a century after the first female ascent (1870) to the top of the highest Slovenian mountain, it grew Aljaž tower, who was named after his "father", to the pastor of Dov, Jakob Aljaž. Today, the cylindrical tower already has a venerable coat of arms 120 years and has undergone quite a few cosmetic modifications during this time, but basically remains faithful to its original image, which has become one of the most recognizable Slovenian symbols. On this day, a memorial ceremony was held at the top of Triglav, and on this occasion, an exhibition was also opened in Mojstrana in the Slovenian Mountain Museum Aljaž tower - This tin has a soul!, and at the same time the exhibition of the painting colony Vrata 2015.
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Although Aljažev Tower was basically intended as mountain shelter, his layout was also resistance against further Germanization of Slovenia and today it is considered defender of Slovenia. The land on Triglav was donated by Jakob Aljaž to the Slovenian Mountaineering Association, which was the predecessor of the Mountaineering Association of Slovenia, and since 1999 it has been owned by the state. She then also declared him to be a cultural monument of national importance. Aljaž's friend, a carpenter, signed his name under the tower Anton Belc, which he produced from galvanized sheet and iron columns fused with concrete. It had four windows, was 1.9 meters high and 1.25 meters in diameter.
