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	Idrija - a heritage of mercury mining and lace making (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Idrija's industry managed to shift rather painlessly to being one of the largest world producers of small electric motors and their components, and to furniture-making.
		The Idrija lace proper was established in 1870's and was made with 7 pairs of bobbins.
		Idrija's coat of arms features a figure of the god Mercury modeled after a statue attributed to de Vries, c.
	www.matkurja.com /projects/idrija (409 words)

	Idrija Municipal Museum: Central exhibition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The cultural heritage: the Idrija bobbin lace; the first Slovene "nonclassical" secondary school; the Theatre and the wheat storehouse from the period of Maria Theresa.
		Besides the Idrija and Ljubljana archives, the majority of the documents are actually kept in archives at Udine, Venice, Vienna, Graz, Klagenfurt, Augsburg, Rome, Nuremberg, Florence, Madrid, Genoa, and Amsterdam.
		The well-off farmers' houses in the Idrija and Cerkno surroundings were painted with religious and decorative frescoes by popular artists especially in the 18th century.
	www.muzej-idrija-cerkno.si /rk/petsto.html (1799 words)

	Idrija -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Idrija is a small town and (An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government) municipality with the same name in (A mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991) Slovenia.
		It is known for its (A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures) mercury mine (today in the process of closing) and (A delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns) laces.
		The lower levels, which reach to almost 400 meters below the surface and are no longer being actively mined and are currently being remediated.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/id/idrija.htm (209 words)

	Uniqueness in the heart of Europe - Lace of Idrija (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It has developed most intensively in the Idrija area, although the skill has always been practiced in other parts of the country.
		The Idrija lace (idrijska ccipka) is regarded as representative of Slovenian heritage and creativity in the field of handicrafts and as such a popular gift for state and promotional purposes.
		The Lace-making School in Idrija was established in 1876 and has continued without interruption till the present day.
	thezaurus.com /sloveniana/bobbin.htm (376 words)

	Mercury Mines Idria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Now, Idrija’s famous mercury mine, which was the second largest mercury mine in the world, has closed after 500 years.
		In spite of this, the people of Idrija are committed to preserving the miners’ tradition and cultural heritage.
		The magnificent Gewerkenegg Castle from 1533 houses the extensive collections of the Idrija Municipal Museum, which was declared the European technical and industrial heritage museum of 1997.
	hgtech.com /Mines/Idrija.htm (119 words)

	Woman weaves Slovenian heritage into hobby - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Slovenia's Idrija lace is named for the town where the ornamental threadwork developed in the 17th century.
		That said, Idrija lace patterns cover a wide range of topics, from such traditional images as a carnation--the national flower--and a swallow to divine figures influenced by the country's dominant Catholic faith: Madonnas, crosses and ethereal angels.
		Her next planned Idrija piece will be an image of a groundhog--the adopted mascot of bobbin lace-makers because its spiny quills resemble the pins used by the fabric crafters.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/blairsvilledispatch/s_185163.html (2348 words)

	Idrija - Slovenia - developed in a basin in the middle of a wooded area
		The town of Idrija (population 7,000)developed in a basin in the middle of a wooded area.
		Idrija’s lace-making school has been active for more than 120 years, and at the end of every August a traditional Lace Festival is organized.
		The village of Spodnja Idrija (1156) lies in the widened valley of the Idrijca River (at the main road Keltika.) The original parochial center, it is more than 300 years older than Idrija.
	www.randburg.com /si/idrija.html (685 words)

	Slovenia: Idrija Municipality: Social Activities Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Both of Idrija’s municipal institutions, the library and the museum, were established and are now financed jointly by the municipalities of Idrija and Cerkno.
		Idrija has a municipal branch of the Union of Cultural Associations, which brings together 17 local cultural associations (drama groups, choirs, painters, etc) comprising about 450 members.
		The rich musical tradition of Idrija is reflected in the large number of its children entering music school.
	www.culturalprofiles.org.uk /slovenia/Units/5475.html (280 words)

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		The peace agreement between the governments of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Italy, signed on November 12, 1920 at Rapallo, Italy, established a new border that was to fatally mark the life of one fourth of the Slovenian nation who remained Italian citizens.
		Exhibition Hall 16 Life in Idrija During the first years of the postwar period, people in public gatherings supported the new government and the rejoining of the Primorska (Littoral) region to Yugoslavia, and participated in public works to rebuild the country.
		In 1987 the smelting ovens were stopped, and 1992 saw the beginning of the flooding of the pits and the process of gradual closure of the mine and the removal of consequences the mining left on the town.
	www-f1.ijs.si /~krivec/dist/other/MEJNIKI20R.doc (797 words)

	fishing district
		Fishing district of the Idrija fishing association extends the river Idrijca, from the spring to the concrete bridge in the settlement Stopnik, with all the tributaries in this area.
		The Idrija fishing association manages with 86,0 ha of water areas of which 63,0 ha is aimed for sports fishing and 23,0 ha of that area is protected waters, which are aimed for breeding young fish for repopulating fishing waters.
		Breeding capacities of the fish farm and the protected waters enable the Idrija fishing association to put in the fishing waters cca.
	ribiska-druzina-idrija.s5.net /almanah/maineng.htm (216 words)

	Community Idrija
		The town of Idrija (population 7,000) developed in a basin in the middle of a wooded area.
		Now, Idrija s famous mercury mine, which was the second largest mercury mine in the world, has closed after 500 years.
		Idrija’s lace-making scholl has been active for more than 120 years, and at the end of every August a traditional Lace Festival is organized.
	www.rzs-idrija.si /stran2ang.htm (513 words)

	Slovenia: Idrija Municipal Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Idrija Municipal Museum was founded in 1953 as the museum of Idrija and Cerkno regions, which lie on the borderline between the Karst and the pre-Alpine regions.
		Since 1953 the museum has been housed in the Idrija Castle, which dominates the old centre of the town and has preserved its historical name Gewerkenegg, namely, the castle had been mostly a seat of the management and administration of the mercury mine.
		A working process of the extraction of mercury and cinnabar is illustrated by the massive millstone that was used for grinding cinnabar, the clay retorts for blasting ore and original mercury scales from 1830.
	www.culturalprofiles.org.uk /slovenia/Units/4208.html (616 words)

	Idrian Lace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		One of the most popular of laces from Slovinia is from the town of Idrija.
		Idrija Lace -by Cook and Tratnik $34.95 A must for the student of Russian or tape based laces.
		Idrija Spitze- by Sedej and Svetlik $29.95 Technique and patterns of the tape based lace from Slovenia.
	lace.lacefairy.com /ID/IdrianID.html (136 words)

	ACTA CARSLOGICA XXXII/II
		There were 12 papers presented by 10 lecturers to the audience well under 50, nearly half of them the schoolboys of Idrija's grammar school, a very promising institution for science in future.
		In addition to the museum "Mestni muzej Idrija", the organisers were also Biological Department and Botanical Garden of Biotechnical Faculty from Ljubljana and grammar school "Jurij Vega" from Idrija.
		This is the main reason that the symposium was held at Idrija.
	www.zrc-sazu.si /izrk/Carsologica/Acta322/hacquet.htm (849 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Due to the contamination of the environment and the serious impacts on the health of former miners and inhabitants of the town and its surroundings, an effective prevention programme will need to be adopted for the purpose of protecting and preserving the health of the population.
		THE MERCURY MINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN THE TOWN OF IDRIJA Due to the contamination of the entirewhole environment of the town and the the surrounding area, the exposure of the inhabitants byto mercury and ionising radiation is very high, mostly as the result ofdue to the equally high content of mercury in the ground.
		The studies performed to date have inevitably shown that the contamination of the environment in the town of Idrija and its surroundings is extensive, with an evident impact on the health of the population.
	www.slotox-drustvo.si /predavanja/pred5.doc (2866 words)

	Idrija (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Idrija boasts with lace making school has been active for more than 120 years!
		In 1490 a rich deposit of mercury ore was discovered Idrija.
		After 500 years the world's second largest mercury mine has closed but visitors to Idrija can see a collection of restored mining facilities and historical sights that testify to its extraordinary past.
	www.burger.si /Idrija/IdrijaENG.htm (67 words)

	Idrija - historical notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mercury in Idrija comes in two guises: as cinnabar (mercury sulphide, HgS) rock inclusions, and as pure mercury, referred to as 'native' mercury.
		In the beginning, ore was smelted in ceramic pots in the surrounding hills (in a kind of coke piles) because this was easier than transporting masses of wood to Idrija.
		The riddle of the Idrija ore deposit (its origin and structure) was fully solved only after WWII by Ivan Mlakar, who in doing so established the internationally acclaimed Idrija geological school.
	www.matkurja.com /projects/idrija/historical.html (395 words)

	The Idrija Municipal Museum: FRANCISCA'S SHAFT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		After 1950, during the period of intensive modernization in the Idrija Mercury Mine, many machines and devices dating from the Austrian and Italian periods were taken out of operation.
		Because the mine was not modernized under the Italian administration, the machines from the Austrian period survived for a much longer period.
		With this collection the Idrija Town Museum has made a major contribution to the image of Idrija as a town of natural sciences and technology.
	www2.arnes.si /~muzidrija/carmina/jasek.html (720 words)

	Idrija (Municipality, Slovenia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Idrija (11,979 inhabitants) is a city located in the Goriška (Mountainous) region of Slovenia, with the second oldest mercury mine in Europe and traditional lace production.
		According to Banderas municipales de Eslovenia, published in Banderas [ban] #58 (March 1996), it seems that Idrija adopted a flag and coat of arms (based on some older coat of arms) on 13 July 1979.
		These flag and arms are prescribed by a decision published in the offical gazette of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia Uradni list SRS 22/1979, 13 July 1979.
	www.flagspot.com /flags/si-036.html (254 words)

	Nacionalno Turistično Združenje - National Tourist Association [Spodnja Idrija, H Kendov dvorec*****]
		In the traditional Spodnja Idrija, which was developing from the year 1156 on under the petronage of the parish church » Marija na Skalci », the solid and respectable Kenda family encouraged economic and cultural progress.
		On the upper floor are eleven rooms, all furnished with antique furniture from 19th century.
		All the rooms which are named after the former residents of the Kenda family homestead are enriched with the elements and details of the local enthological haritage.
	www.ntz-nta.si /en/content.asp?id=2420 (201 words)

	ON THE HOMEGROUND
		MPI racing Idrija team, who is also organizing rally Saturnus, have 14 drivers, and the other 3 are coming from Cerkno racing, which was established at the beginning of this year.
		Especially Darko Lampe and Mitja Prezelj, both are from Idrija, who already won one event this year, but both also retired twice because of technical problems.
		And also 'foreign' drivers, who are not from Idrija, can achieve good results.
	www.mpiracing.com /rally-saturnus/eng/news/2003/0917.htm (319 words)

	Mercury in surface waters of three mine-dominated river systems: Idrija River, Slovenia; Carson River, Nevada; and ...
		Mercury in surface waters of three mine-dominated river systems: Idrija River, Slovenia; Carson River, Nevada; and Madeira River, Brazilian Amazon -- Bonzongo et al.
		The Idrija River in Slovenia flows near the
		Idrija mercury mine, the second largest mercury mine in the
	geea.geoscienceworld.org /cgi/content/abstract/2/2/111 (385 words)

	Slovenia – Official Travel Guide \ category not found (en) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The city of Idrija in a basin between undulating hills where the natural environments of the subalpine and alpine worlds meet.
		A half millennium of mining mercury in Idrija and its surroundings left an exceptionally rich heritage of technical, cultural, and historical monuments and points of interest available to visitors as museum displays.
		Among the ethnological attractions, Idrija bobbin lace is particulary outstanding and ranks Idrija among the most eminent European centers of this valuable folk art.
	www.slovenia-tourism.si /?_ctg_kraji=2569&lng=2 (179 words)

	IDRIJA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In 1493 mercury ore was discovered in the narrow Idrijca river valley.
		Idrija can be reached from Ljubljana via Logatec or from Nova Gorica via Tolmin.
		Nowadays Idrija is most known by it's hand produced laces that has also became Slovenian protocol gift to visiting diplomats and a regular motive on Slovenan stamps.
	www.ars-cartae.com /idrija.htm (148 words)

	Re: [lace] Thread for Idrija patterns
		Hello everyone Thank you to all who have written about the mystery threads 30 and 40, and threads to use for the Idrija Lace book patterns.
		Re: [lace] thread for Idrija patterns Claire Allen
		Re: [lace] thread for Idrija patterns Malvary Cole
	www.mail-archive.com /lace@arachne.com/msg09879.html (278 words)

	Idrija Lace Patterns; Cook, Bridget; Tratnik, Matka; Hardback; World Retail Store - English Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		40 original patterns from the famous Idrija School of Lace, Slovenia.
		This source and reference of Idrija patterns will appeal to all students and lacemakers requiring a new challenge.
		Prices subject to change to be advised on confirmation of order.
	www.worldretailstore.com /item/BE-0713485590.html (249 words)

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