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The walking path of St.Silvester connects Borut and the 7 km distant
Draguć. It was named after the homonymous church that once stood
along the way to Draguć, while its traces are barely visible today. The
path has green and yellow hiking markings, whose starting point is at
Borut train station. They first take us southwest, along approximately
200 metres of the main asphalt road, where we go up the steps and
begin the Poli Farož ascent. Further, still on the asphalt road and
moving uphill, we reach the cemetery of Borut with its church of St.
Michael.
The church of St.Michael the Archangel is the parish church of Borut.
It dates back to the 13th century, while its extension and renovation
took place in 1787, as indicated by the rustic inscription above the
entrance door. It was then when the bellcote with two bells was
added to the church, while its interior was renovated in the Baroque
style. Here at the church the trail continues uphill along the path. The
markings will then, for a brief moment, take you off the path and lead
to the ruins of an old chapel, after which they emerge on the main
trail again, which we proceed on moving uphill. On our left hand side
we will soon experience a panoramic view of the whole valley of the
Borut creek, the bell tower of Lindar on a hilltop, on whose left we will
see Gračišće, and finally, the bell tower of Gologorica. After walking
for 2.5 km, we move ahead onto the wide unpaved path coming from
the direction of Cerovlje and Perviš, which we continue, moving on
the right and passing along the grove with newly planted olive trees,
next to the abandoned Komarija estate.
On our right, the view of Učka, Dolenja Vas and Lupoglav unflods,
after which we perceive Hum and the restored houses next to the
until recently abandoned hamlet of Tibole. Around 4 km further, we
reach an intersection where a path forks on the right and goes through
the hamlet of Grdinići to finally return to Borut. We will take this path
on our way back, while for the time being we continue ahead towards
Draguć. The ancient dry stone wall on the right side of the path was in
the past the border between Tibole and Borut, and the very end of
the wall marked the border between Austrian and Venetian Istria
from 1525 to 1797. Here, we turn left and go off the trail taking the
forest path uphill. The path has red and white hiking markings, since
this is the section of the Pazin hiking route leading from Pazin to the
top of Učka.
We are slowly climbing uphill along the narrow path, feeling as we
aren't alone. Knot-like swellings on an oak tree, as large as human
heads, look like some magical creatures. The walkers call them
''guardians of Stari Draguć''. We are actually talking about mistletoe
or ''bisak'' – the plant that is in Istria used in the production of grappa
''biska'', and is a parasite that grows on oaks. The impression that we
definitely aren't alone is justified by the traces of wild animals on the
path, together with a badger den, which we will carefully pass by
paying attention not to disturb its occupant. Out of the forest, we
arrive at a clearing and later, at the end of the cliff, we again go
through the forest. At this point, one path forks left, but we proceed
and reach the next intersection of paths where markings take us on
the by path on the left.Somewhere near here, on the right hand side of
the intersection, stood the church of St.Silvester around 200 years
ago. The homonymous fraternity, which was one of many fraternities
that existed at Draguć at the time, was in charge of it. We can't tell
precisely what happened with this church but it seems that, after
fraternities had been abolished, it remained without a custodian and
was therefore abandoned. There was a rumour at Draguć that the
inhabitants of Borut had stolen a lot of cut stone from the ruins of the
old church and later used it to build their houses. But, when strange
things started happening at Borut, they got scared and returned all
the stone back.
Soon, we reach another intersection marked with red signs leading us
on the left, through the forest and to the Stari Draguć fort. By a
roundabout path, the trail later returns again to this very point, which
is the point where we proceed downhill towards Draguć. Therefore, if
anyone is tired and feels at ease in the presence of ''guardians of Stari
Draguć'', let them take a rest and wait for us here. We are about to
visit a prehistoric fort, which is the one laid on the highest altitude
among all forts in Istria, situated on the hill on our left hand side.
The path leading to Stari Draguć first meanders along the base of the
hill, on the trail that was sporadically fortified by an ancient dry wall.
After we've almost circumvented the hill, the signpost takes us off the
path again, and we take a sharp turning right and proceed uphill.
Nearby the hilltop, we pass along one of the many walls that encircle
the plateau, and this particular one is the best example of the way of
construction that dates back to the Bronze Age: both exterior sides of
the wall were built of cut stone, while the gap between them was filled
with hearting. The markings take us through a little forest to the
highest point which is, depending on the map you are using, at 502 505 masl. The fort has never been systematically explored, but
explorers and passers-by have so far reported numerous accidentally
found objects, whose surfaces preserve only fragments of Bronze Age
pottery, which can today be found at the Archaeological Museum of
Istria in Pula. Unfortunately, many copper objects and a palstab axe
(Bronze Age flanged axe), of which certain explorers reported, aren’t
preserved. As a matter of fact, we have lost any trace of those, since
they have remained parts of private collections, instead of being
professionally processed and stored in museums. Thus, if you
happen to notice a peculiar object along the path, let us know. It
might help us complete the story of this remarkable place. We
proceed along the path which, in the shape of a bend, takes us
downhill to the point where we went off the path leading to Draguć. It
is exactly from here where we continue
uphill and soon reach a wider path,
followed by the intersection towards
Škrinjari, where we take the left turning and
in no time arrive at Draguć.
>>>all about Draguć (HR, GB, D, I)
AGROTURIZAM STARA ŠTALA , Sandalji 30, Borut, 52402
Cerovlje, phone ++385(0)98 920 34 55,
Buffet ZORA, Draguć 35, Cerovlje, phone ++385(0)52 665 105, ppen
10:00 - 20.00 in summer, wintertime week-ends only
OPG Franko GROZIĆ, Draguć 25, Cerovlje ; phone ++385(0)91 684
0224; wines: malvasija, chardonnay, teran; olive oil (leccino ,
pendolino); open uppon reservation
BORUT by train: (more on www.hzpp.hr/voznired)
from Pula (via Svetvinčenat, Žminj, Sveti Petar u Šumi)
5:05; 6:55; 9:15; 13:20; 14:27; 15:34; 17:20; 19:40
train drives approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes
return from Borut:
11:53; 13:37; 15:22; 16:33; 20:30
from direction Buzet
5:18; 7:10, 11:17; 13:00; 15:56, 19:54
return from Borut :
14:45; 18:47
Train info (0-24): 060 333 444
ACCOMODATION IN BORUT:
TONI & MERI, Selo 44, Borut, phone ++385(0)52 684 127,
++385(0)91 548 7256
BORUT 1865 , Selo 43, Borut, phone ++385(0)91 531 7111,
++385(0)99 212 8012
VILLA MACCARONI, Makarunska Vas 37, Paz, phone ++385(0)91
160 8456
ACCOMODATION IN DRAGUĆ:
CORELLI, A4+2, Draguć 34, ++385(0)95 821 6785, ++385(0)95 806
89 67
DONATELA, A3+2, A2+2, Draguć 39b, ++385(0)52 665 198,
++385(0)98 294 318
GRŽINIĆ, Draguć 35, 2/2 sobe prve kategorije; 1/3 soba treće
kategorije, tel. ++385(0)52 665 105
OLIVO, A4+2, Draguć 41, ++385(0)91 891 4619
ZORA, kuća za odmor, Draguć bb, ++385(0)52 665 105
TZ središnje Istre, Pazin, Franine i Jurine 14,
tel.++385(0)622 460,++385(0)912 622 460
www.central-istria.com
Dom Josip Daus, 52402 Cerovlje, tel. (052) 684 140,

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