LEGENDA O POTOPLJENEM ZVONU Tako imenovani »zvoncek želja« je leta 1534 vlil Franziskusu Patavinus v italijanski Padovi. Nekako v tem casu je na blejskem gradu živela mlada, neutolažljiva vdova. Moža so ji ubili razbojniki in njegovo truplo vrgli v jezero. Zbrala je vse svoje srebro in zlato ter dala vliti zvoncek za kapelo na otoku.Vendar tja ni prispel. Hud vihar ga je potopil z ladjico in colnarji vred. Še dandanes pa se vcasih v jasnih noceh oglaša iz globin.Obupana vdova je po tej nesreci prodala vse svoje imetje, izkupicek darovala za novo cerkev na otoku, sama pa stopila v samostan v Rimu. Tam je pobožno živela do smrti. Po njeni smrti je papež posvetil nov zvon in ga poslal na blejski otok. Kdor s tem zvonom pozvoni in svojo željo sporoci usmiljeni »gospe z jezera« se mu želja izpolni.Tako pripoveduje legenda, ki vkljucuje mednarodno sago o »potopljenem« zvonu in idealiziran zgodovinski nastanek »zvoncka želja«.
THE LEGEND OF THE SUNKEN BELL Once upon a time there lived a young widow in the castle of Bled. Her husband was killed by robbers and his body was thrown into the lake. She was so inconsolable that she gathered all her gold and silver and cast a bell for the chapel on the island, in memory to her husband. But the bell didn’t arrive there. The bell, the boat and boatmen sank during a terrible storm. The desperate widow sold all her property after this accident. She offered the proceeds for the construction of a new church on the island. She left Bled and lived the rest of her life in Rome as a nun. After her death the Pope had heard of her misfortune and of her good deeds during her life as a nun, so in memory to her he decide to make a new bell. He said that anyone that rings the bell three times and believes in God, his or her wish would come true. Even today sometimes, on a dark night you can hear the sunken bell ringing from the depths of the lake.