Kucler Quarry

Visit the quarry, which nature has shaped into a natural amphitheatres over millions of years, a space of inspiration and sky-soaking silence.

Kucler’s Quarry, which was declared a natural geological monument in 1991, is located on the margins of the Ljubljana Marshes in the village Lesno Brdo between Brezovica and Vrhnika. Named after its former owner, the quarry was mined in the past centuries for black and grey limestone formed during the Triassic era – approximately 225 million years ago. Due to the beautiful black-white contrast provided by the calcite veins, this rock has always been desirable as architectural stone. In Ljubljana, there are several ornaments carved from stone mined in the quarry, among others the “Black King” in St James’s Church and the statues of two giants adorning the portal of the seminary.

Nowadays, the quarry is known for its rich deposit of fossilised shells and other microfossils, as well as an exquisite example of a tectonic fold. There are extensive areas of exposed dark-grey to black limestone with shale inclusions in the immediate vicinity.  The quarry also features a geological column showing the rocks found in the wider area and some statues a little further away, which were made by various artists at an international sculpture symposium.