This guardian carries a torch that creates lightning.
A mysterious determine stands within the midst of Dúbravská Dolina, recognized for extracting antimony. Individuals have named it the Forest Guardian.
It seems as if his legs have grown from the bottom and in his hand he holds hearth. You possibly can take a look at different attention-grabbing points of interest, in addition to mountain climbing path solutions and extra in our Tatras Travel Guide.
The wood guardian has turn out to be considerably of an attraction for individuals who have discovered a path to him and the others who’ve adopted. He’s made solely out of wooden held collectively by a powerful metallic rod. The primary materials is Cornwall oak. In response to My Liptov, he reaches a top of 5 meters and represents Perún, the Slavic god of thunder and lightning.
He wasn’t named Perún by mistake. Because the Low Tatras is dwelling to many mining places and thus plenty of ore, lightning strikes happen very often. The Tatras expertise common storms.
In 2019, as many as 4 hikers had been struck by lightning whereas strolling the mountain vary.
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20. Jan 2021 at 11:20
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