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"Gauge" Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 4/3/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

SLO: Lahek sprehod do v Sloveniji edinstvenih vislic - gaug.

ENG: Easy hike to the unique gallows in Slovenia.

...In honor of "RobinofLoxley" and his great-grandfather...

SLO: Gauge ali drugace vislice, so bile postavljene leta 1782. Njihov namen je bil predvsem psihološki, da ustrahujejo ljudi, da ne delajo hudodelstev. Gornji Grad je imel že v 18. stoletju sodišce in na gauge so potem z vozovi odpeljali obsojence. Koliko so jih res obsodili na smrt je vprašanje. Na teh gaugah menda ni bil nihce obešen. S svojimi visokimi stebri sredi gozda je ta naprava še danes zastrašujoca. Te gauge so edinstven primerek na slovenskih tleh. Gauge so lepo obnovljene in ohranjene. Imajo zidane visoke stebre med katerimi so bili hlodi-brune, ki so služili za obešanje. Nanje so namrec pritrdili vrv. Naprava je zanimiva in stoji na mestu, kjer je dejansko bila. Verjetno takšne naprave ne boste našli nikjer drugje v Sloveniji, zato se jo splaca ogledati.

ENG: Supposedly the only gallows in Slovenia, made in 1782. Its purpose was mainly psychological - to intimidate people and prevent committing crimes. According to history, no human was actually hung here, so don't worry, no spooky occurrences should follow.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[SLO:] Zrq xberavanzv fgben ppn 20z imubqab bq ivfyvp. [ENG:] Orgjrra ebbgf bs n gerr fghzc 20z rnfg bs tnyybjf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)