Friday, July 31, 2009

BLED ISLAND, SLOVENIA



THE LEGEND OF THE WISHING BELL

A young widow who lived at Bled Castle mourned her husband who had been killed by brigands. She gathered all her gold and silver and had a bell cast for the chapel on Bled Island. When th bell was being transported to the island, a tempest caused the boat to overturn. The boatmen drowned and the bell sank to the bottom of the lake.

The young widow, now even mor devestated, decided to go to rome and enter a convent. After her death, the Pope donated another bell for the church of the Isle of Bled. The legend has it that those who ring the bell to honour the Blessed Virgin and make a wish will see their wish come true.

8 comments:

  1. Its a great island with matching bunos - wish and your wish will come true

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  2. hi. came to give you some smiles

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  3. how i wish my wish will come true! i should go to that island.
    have a nice day!

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  4. are you slovenian or u just feel like that you are slovenian. can we x-links? i am nterested about slovenia.

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  5. hej everybody, thank you for your visits. i am slovenian yes but i live in Usa right now so i feel like writing about my home country even more

    take care

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  6. That's an interesting legend, I'd love to ring that bell :-) Bells seem to feature often in myths and legends.

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  7. i was there and it is really nice

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  8. That is a beautiful place. We stayed at a B&B there. Also just a short drive to the mountains.

    First time at your blog. It would be nicer if it didn't have all the pop-up stuff on it.

    all the best

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