1.  Ban's Homestead

Carefully read the story about Ban's Homestead and observe the buildings, then answer the questions.

At the top of a small hill in the village of Artiče, you will find Ban's Homestead. It consists of a ground-floor house, a farm building, wooden pigsties with a pig kitchen, a wine cellar with a small vineyard, a bee house, a corn crib, a woodshed, a fruit drying house, an orchard, a pond, and a manure and lime pit.

The house is very old, and some of the building materials are said to be up to 600 years old! Everything is constructed from local materials found near the homestead. Even the straw used to cover the buildings grew on the homestead.

The last owners were known as "Ban's uncle and aunt," as the locals called them. Since 2000, the homestead has been protected as a cultural monument.

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What is the name of the village where Ban's Homestead is located? *
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"Find the year on the farm building; that is:" *
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Take a close look at the roof of the house on the homestead. What is it covered with? *
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Find the structure where corn was once stored and dried on the homestead; that is: *
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What did the locals call the last owners? *
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In the year 2000, the homestead was protected as: *
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On the homestead, find the apiary. How many beehives does it have? *
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Find the location in the photograph and write down where it is. On the homestead, you can also find ______. In the past, these were small bodies of water, smaller than a pond on each farm that had livestock. The locals used to fetch water for drinking and cooking from the streams.
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