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This salt fields are in Strunjan, a popular summer and
thermal resort near Piran. The salt fields were made most probably in 13th
century and salt producing was a profitable business at that times. Salt
from these fields and the salt fields in Sečovelj was transported directly
to Habsbourg court in Vienna.
The system of these fields is composed of different fields. Those near the
sea are basins in which the sea water warms up, and they are surrounded by
canals through which the sea water is transferred to them. Behind these
"warming up" basins are the real salt fields. Water from the warming up
basins is transferred to these salt fields. When the sea water evaporates
from them, workers grab the salt from them.
The salt fields have to be maintained continuously. Especially important is
the preparation of the floor or bottom of the salt field, which has to be
solid and even in order not to be grabbed together with the salt.
These salt field are, together with those in Sečovelje, the only salts
fields still in use. |
