Kropa - Žebljarska kovačnica (Vigenjc Vice)

The 18th-century »Vigenjc Vice« nail smithy is the only fully preserved workshop for hand-forging nails in Slovenia. It is a partly brick, partly wooden building in the centre of the market town. Inside there is preserved equipment (forges, anvils, tools, bellows, etc.) and a water wheel in a stream outside the smithy. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the building was used for hand-forging…