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na (2.5 gulden), on Sundays and festivity days 3 krona (1.5 gulden) per person
(Picture 11.2).
Picture 11.2: Pricelist for visit, guiding and lighting in Postojna Cave from Costa’s
guidebook in 1863
In an attempt to assess the importance of the Postojna cave as an in-
come source for the local inhabitants, we may compare the mentioned
guiding fees, assuming them as the retribution of the guides, with the cur-
rent average prices for bread and meat in Ljubljana (Table 11.1).5 Around
1834 a guide through the cave was payed 12 kr., which means that the guide
5 Ljubljana was the major urban centre on a regional scale since it was the capital
of Kranjska (Carniola) crownland, which means that the prices were undoubtedly
higher than in Postojna, which acquired the status of a town in 1909. The prices were
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na (2.5 gulden), on Sundays and festivity days 3 krona (1.5 gulden) per person
(Picture 11.2).
Picture 11.2: Pricelist for visit, guiding and lighting in Postojna Cave from Costa’s
guidebook in 1863
In an attempt to assess the importance of the Postojna cave as an in-
come source for the local inhabitants, we may compare the mentioned
guiding fees, assuming them as the retribution of the guides, with the cur-
rent average prices for bread and meat in Ljubljana (Table 11.1).5 Around
1834 a guide through the cave was payed 12 kr., which means that the guide
5 Ljubljana was the major urban centre on a regional scale since it was the capital
of Kranjska (Carniola) crownland, which means that the prices were undoubtedly
higher than in Postojna, which acquired the status of a town in 1909. The prices were
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