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Posledny templar | The last Templar Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/1/2012
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Podla starych povesti a legiend, je Slovensko pretkane nespocetnym mnozstvom tajnych chodieb, unikovych ciest z hradov a zamkov, tajnych vstupov do kastielov a klastorov...

Jedna z tychto povesti sa viaze aj k vrchu Mnich. Uz jeho nazov znie tajomne a pochadza z davnych legiend. Tie hovoria o znicenom klastore červených mníchov, ktory stal oproti kostliku sv. Martina v Martinceku, na vrchole Mnicha. Cerveni mnisi, ako vtedy ludia templarov volali, podla niektorych historikov byvali od roku 1217 v klastore, z ktoreho viedla tajna chodba na Likavsky hrad.

Na vrchole Mnichu sa po templarskom klastore nenasla ziadna stopa, ale existuju nepriame dokazy a historicke pramene, ktore uvadazju niektore fakty:

  • Kostolik v Martinceku ma zaujímavý otvor na zadnej stene, v tvare templarskeho kriza.

  • Historik Damián Fuxhoffer napisal, ze klastor v ktorom zili templari stal na vrchu Monachus (po slovensky Mních). Potvrdzuju to aj archivy rodiny kniezata Herbersteina zo Stajerska, kde sa pise: Ioannes Godefridus ab Herberstein, velký vizitátor a velmoz radu templarov, zomrel pri vizitacii v roku 1230 v Uhorsku, na vrchu Mnich v Liptovskej stolici.

  • Uz v 18. storoci Damián Fuxhoffer miesto preskumal. Napisal sice, ze nenasiel "ani kusok kamena", ale objavil zvysky starej cesty, ktora viedla od rieky Vah k miestu, kde mal udajny klastor stat. Priblizne tam ukazuju uvodne suradnice tejto cache. Ako mnohi pre vami, ani vy tu asi nic nenajdete...

  • Po zruseni templarskeho radu, v roku 1312 bulou Vox in excelso, sa stali z templarov vyhnanci a chdobní rytieri. Vtedy vraj vznikli aj nazvy okolitych vrchov z vety:
    Mních choď žobrať... Mních-Choč-Čebrať

Starousadlikom na okoli je jasne, ze tu templari zili, ukryvali svoje tajomstva, budovali hrady, klastory a tajne chodby. Vsetci miestni vedia, kde ma vychod tajna chodba, ktora spajala Likavsky hrad s tajomnym templarskym klastorom na Mnichu. Od nepamäti toto miesto volaju "Likavska jaskyna". Tento otvor ale nema s jaskynou nic spolocne. Na vchode do podzemia su viditelne znaky rucneho opracovania a sekania do skaly. Vchod je kryty bujnou vegetaciou a maskuje vstup do podzemia.
Podla jednej povesti, ked z klastora utekal posledny templar, ukryl svoj poklad niekde pri vychode z tajnej chodby.

Ako deti sme casto chodievali hladat templarsky poklad a preskumat tajnu chodbu. Ta je ale po par metroch zavalena, preto sa nam to nikdy nepodarilo. Po rokoch som sa na miesto vratil a poklad som predsa len nasiel!
Odhalit tajomstvo temlarov dokaze iba ten, kto dôkladne spozna panGoogle Earth - vrstva fotkyramu tunajsej krajiny. Ta je klucom k presnym suradniciam pokladu... Po najdeni pokladu odporucam vyliezt aj nad portal "jaskyne". Je tam romanticke miesto s borovicami a paradnym vyhladom.

K "jaskyni" nevedie ziadny chodnik, je len na vas aku pristupovu cestu zvolite. Hustina v okoli otvoru je utociskom jelenej zveri a je velmi pravdepodobne, ze prekvapite alebo vas prekvapi nejaka jelenica. Pre miestnych je to prakticky tradicka s difficulty 1, cezpolní sa budu musiet zorientovat v terene...

Aby bolo iste, ze hladate to spravne miesto, môzete si overit spravnost ciela

Short english version:
According to old tales and legends, Slovakia is intertwined with a many of secret corridors, escape routes from castles, secret entrance to the castles and monasteries...
One of this legend is connected to the hill called Mnich (Monk). Its name sounds mysterious and comes from the ancient legends. They say about the destructed monastery of red monks, who stood oposite of Church of St. Martin in Martinček, on top of the Mnich. Red monks, as people called the Knights Templar, according to some historians, they lived since 1217 in the monastery from which the secret passage leading to the castle Likava.

Historians have different opinions of the Knights Templar, but for local people is clear that the Templars lived here, hiding their secrets, build castles, monasteries and secret passages. All local people know, where is the exit of secret passage that connected the castle Likava with mysterious Templar monastery on the Mnich. This place is from the past called "Likava cave." The hole is not an entry to the real cave. At the entrance to the underground, are visible signs of hand working and chipping into the rock. The entrance is covered by bushy vegetation and masks the enter to the underground. According to one legend, when last templar leaved the monastery, he hid his treasure somewhere nearby secret passage.

Secret of temlars might bring to light only person who thoroughly recognize the panGoogle Earth - Photo layerrama of this area. This is the key to the exact treasure coordinates...

There is not any path to the "cave", it's only on you, which access you choose. Jungle around the hole is hiding place for the animals, so please be careful.free counters

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)