Visec
Chronicler Gojak described the years of hunger in the region of Zabiokovlje. Folk tales filled in what he left out: a widow called Andjelija came down to Podvisuc (today called Radmanove Mlinice) in search of food. If she failed to bring a bag of flour by evening, her four children would die of starvation. She knocked on the doors of Visec in vain, where reigned the masters of the water-mills. Eventually, she came down to the Cetina river and begged for mercy. “The Cetina is right here, feed your children with fish and crabs”, said the miller maliciously.
“May it be as you say, and may the same fate that befell my children befall yours and your masters!” said Andja and jumped into the Cetina with her empty bag. The miller was terrified, pulling his hair out, as the wheels of the mill were breaking Andja's bones. The summer and the winter passed, and the new spring brought a storm along. Clouds grew large and turbulent, Visec was struck by a lightning, which destroyed the castle. The swollen Cetina broke the dams and carried away the grist and the miller for fish food.
Once proud, Visec now juts out like an old woman's tooth, warning the arrogant and the sated alike.
The remains of Visec “hang” on a cliff 270m above Radmanove Mlinice. The ruins can be reached by driving along the road to Sviniste for 2 kilometers, and then hiking up for 15 minutes.
Chronicler Gojak described the years of hunger in the region of Zabiokovlje. Folk tales filled in what he left out: a widow called Andjelija came down to Podvisuc (today called Radmanove Mlinice) in search of food. If she failed to bring a bag of flour by evening, her four children would die of starvation. She knocked on the doors of Visec in vain, where reigned the masters of the water-mills. Eventually, she came down to the Cetina river and begged for mercy. “The Cetina is right here, feed your children with fish and crabs”, said the miller maliciously.
“May it be as you say, and may the same fate that befell my children befall yours and your masters!” said Andja and jumped into the Cetina with her empty bag. The miller was terrified, pulling his hair out, as the wheels of the mill were breaking Andja's bones. The summer and the winter passed, and the new spring brought a storm along. Clouds grew large and turbulent, Visec was struck by a lightning, which destroyed the castle. The swollen Cetina broke the dams and carried away the grist and the miller for fish food.
Once proud, Visec now juts out like an old woman's tooth, warning the arrogant and the sated alike.
The remains of Visec “hang” on a cliff 270m above Radmanove Mlinice. The ruins can be reached by driving along the road to Sviniste for 2 kilometers, and then hiking up for 15 minutes.
