Podzemelj Archaeological Heritage

Along the Kučar–Kolpa educational trail you can explore the archaeological heritage of Podzemelj and its surroundings. On the circular trail, information boards about the locations and archaeological finds are set up. The area was already populated during the Early Iron Age (8th–4th century B.C.), which is indicated by the burial mounds that are quite common in this area. The burial mounds can be found at the northern and southern foot of the Kučar Solitary Hill. On the Kučar, a fortified settlement was located – a hillfort, because Kučar was the center of the largest and most important settlement complex of Bela Krajina in this period. At the northern summit of Kučar, an Old Christian center with two churches and a large living building was located during the Late Roman Empire (5th–6th century).