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I think it's along the SPP trail from Planina Razor to Planina na Kalu. And that's about five minutes before Planina na Kalu in the direction of Krn.

@smatjaz, hello!
Yes, some things around this (former) water pipeline are known to me. Maybe I don't have some things quite right, if someone knows more about this topic, they are always welcome and encouraged to correct me.
The Buzet - Brest - Žbevnica - Velika vrata - Golac - Obrov water pipeline was built after the First World War, when this area belonged to Italy (previously to Austria-Hungary). The main reason for its construction was definitely military in nature. It is known that this area is extremely waterless, and the army's need for water was extremely great at the time near the Rapallo border. At that time, besides the mentioned water pipeline, numerous military roads were also being built, which are still useful today (among others, the connection Vodice - Dane - Velika vrata - Golac). Well, let's return to the construction of the aforementioned water pipeline. In Buzet (by the Mirna river), a water pumping station was built, which still operates today, modernized, under the name "Istrski vodovodi". Here, at 80m above sea level, is the start of this water pipeline. In the pumping station, powerful pumps were installed that pushed water past the settlement of Brest (681m) through the slope of the 1014m high Žbevnica (here on the northern side, exactly such an object is preserved as at Velika vrata; the mountain trail to the top of Žbevnica passes by it). This object also served as a pressure relief and reserve water basin. From there, the pumps pushed water past the villages Dane (598m) and Vodice (651m) to Velika vrata (760m), where that underground water reservoir you visited is located. Further on, the water flowed to the village Golac (644m) and in Obrov (577m) joined the water pipeline that still runs through Matarsko podolje. Otherwise, quite a few data can be found on the web, where the history of the Istrski vodovod Buzet is published. The route of the aforementioned water pipeline can be nicely followed. If we drive from Obrov, past Golac and through Velika vrata to Dane and past Vodice towards Brest, and further in the direction of Rakitovec. The route does not go "over hills and valleys", but is sensibly routed through noticeable embankments and of course underground. Along the way, we can also see concrete pillars that served for filling water into truck tankers and, of course, also preserved concrete troughs for watering horses. I hope I have revived and recalled something small in memory of those distant times.
LP

Very nice tour. But the village Golac is in Cicarija and not in the Brkini. Yeah, that reservoir at Velike vrata is from the time of Italy and is part of the water pipeline Buzet - Brest - Zbevnica - Obrov, which once operated on this route. No hard feelings...

Mrzlica isn't in KSA either, but you wrote that the terrain is right...
Mrzlica is neighbor to Kamnik and Golava.
Maybe I'm wrong and if not I apologize...

Kamnik?

Golava 836m

The marked path Matavun - Vremščica, part of which runs through the Reka river gorge, starts in Matavun and ends at Vremščica. The path crosses the railway where there is no crossing and therefore crossing is prohibited and deadly dangerous. On the route of the mentioned marked path, however, there is no junction to any other marked path by which a circular path could be done. Of course, a circular path can be done along the road, or some path of course, if we find our way on the terrain. The signs about the closure of the mentioned path are standard and placed at both starting points of the path, and also on both poles, where we can then return to the starting point by road or the same path back where we started walking. Likewise, the signs about the path closure are placed completely correctly and according to the regulations of KPP PZS.
Of course, despite the prohibition of walking on the closed path, the responsible PD cannot prevent anyone, but in any case it is protected in case of accident.

Hello everyone!
The warning about the closure of the Matavun - Vremščica path, which runs through the Reka river gorge, is current.
The reason for the path closure is the unauthorized crossing over the railway above Famlje.
In process is the rerouting of the path to a new route, which will no longer cross the double-track railway line Divača - Pivka at an unauthorized place.
The path itself on the section Matavun - Famlje through the Reka river gorge is not closed and is normally passable. Also the entire route of the mentioned path is in good condition, but crossing the railway is not possible and thus a circular tour cannot be done.

Power plant object above Zirovnica.

Is it in Slovenia?

piotr, exactly!

No. Completely on the other end.

No. It's in Slovenia.

Where?

Over Prag