Wooden Kašča with cellar
Kamnik, Slovenia
This unusual 19th-century granary is elevated atop a tall masonry base providing additional cellar storage. Its asymmetrical roof extension once protected stored wood or other farm materials, or a workspace. The horizontal timbers at the base of the raised granary extend outward into this covered area, giving support to other spanning members. The original condition of this kašča, and its semi-enclosed extension, is depicted in documentation of the Tuhinj Valley granaries by Slovenian ethnographers Majda and Peter Fister (1969, 1973).
(photo 1988)
