Slunj Rastoke

Useful Information

Location:	Rastoke. (45.120386, 15.586274)
Open:	no restrictions. [2021]
Fee:	free. [2021]
Classification:	Rimstone Pool tufa caves.
Light:	n/a
Dimension:
Guided tours:	self guided
Photography:	allowed
Accessibility:	yes
Bibliography:
Address:	Turistička Zajednica Grada Slunja (Slunj Tourist Office), Ulica braće Radić 7, 47240 Slunj, Hrvatska-Croatia, Tel: +385-47-777-630, Tel: +385-98-460-645. E-mail:
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History

1962	put on the State Administration List for the Protection of Cultural and Historic Heritage.
1969	Rastoke entered in the Register of Immovable Cultural Monuments at the Regional Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Zagreb.

Description

Rastoke is a village and mills at the Slunjčica river, right before it flows into the Korana river. The waterfalls are different from other waterfalls, they are a result of tufa deposition from limestone rich karst water. The rims of the pools form a sort of huge staircase. There are several such rimstone pool areas in Croatia, most famous are the Plitvitze Lakes, but here one thing is different. The height difference was used by mills since the Middle Ages. There were 22 water mills, 4 fulling mills, 7 baskets for rinsing whites and coloured laundry and 28 houses with appertaining farm buildings. As a result the site is not only a Natural Monument, but also a Cultural Monument.