Wooden Dwellings and Watermills
Slunj, Croatia
Slunj, located in the Kordun region, is a town first mentioned during feudal times; the area where the river spreads into branches and cascades into waterfalls is called Rastoke, a term that refers to the travertine formations of the area. The waterfall occurs where the Slunjčica River joins the Korana River. Mills and attached dwellings have been present since at least the 17th century. During the period when the Ottoman Empire expanded up into Europe, Slunj was within the no-man's-land where the Austro-Hungarian Empire met the Ottoman Empire.
(photo 1988)
