Idrija

A mercury town, and the mine with its stores, infrastructure, miners’ quarters and miners’ theatre has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012, listed together with the Spanish mine at Almadén. It is also known for Idrija lace, a bobbin tape lace registered under protected geographical indication. The town lies in the Idrija Basin among the Idrija Hills, traversed by the Idrijca and joined there by the Nikova. In 2011 it was named Alpine Town of the Year.