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23-474: Underland may refer to: Literature [ edit ] Underland (book) , a 2019 non-fiction book by Robert Macfarlane Underland (Narnia) , the name for all the land under the fictional world of Narnia in the 1953 book The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis The Underland Chronicles , a 2003–2007 series by Suzanne Collins Alice in Underland ,

46-474: A critical summary saying, "Macfarlane is foremost a poet, “evoking place and mood with astounding economy” ( Wall Street Journal )". The book has received awards and honours, including being a Sunday Times , New York Times , and Los Angeles Times bestseller. It is a 2020 American Library Association Notable Book , and has won The 2019 National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature , The 2019 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing , and

69-754: A dozen languages. An audiobook, read by Matthew Waterson, was also released in June 2019 by HighBridge Audio . The book is a descriptive journey by the author of different subterranean landscapes that he explores, including caving in the Mendip Hills , the Catacombs of Paris , the Karst Plateau , an underground laboratory for detecting evidence of dark matter , and descending into a glacier's moulin among other explorations. These underground spaces represent "burial and unburial and deep time." Through these underground journeys

92-505: A short story by Henry Payson Dowst which led to the 1920 film Smiling All the Way Unterland , a 1992 novel by Wolfgang Hohlbein Alice in Underland , a 2000 non-fiction book by Wolfgang Zuckermann Underland , a 2002 Victor Renquist vampire novel by Mick Farren Other uses [ edit ] Ulf Underland (1928–2012), Norwegian barrister Underland, a fictional realm from

115-782: Is a mixture of Mediterranean and Central European cuisine. The traditionally produced Karst prosciutto , a sort of dry-cured ham , is protected at the European level . Prominent persons that were born or lived in this region include the poets Srečko Kosovel , Igo Gruden , Ciril Zlobec , and Branka Jurca , social activist Danilo Dolci , architect Max Fabiani , painters Avgust Černigoj and Lojze Spacal , writers Alojz Rebula , Igor Torkar , and Bogomir Magajna , theologian Anton Mahnič , politicians Drago Marušič , Josip Ferfolja , and Majda Širca , economist Milko Brezigar , and actress Ita Rina . The picturesque Karst landscape inspired numerous artists who were not from this region, including

138-605: Is also referred to as the Classical Karst . The plateau rises quite steeply above the neighboring landscape, except for its northeastern side, where the steepness is less pronounced. The plateau gradually descends from the southeast to the southwest. On average it lies 334 m above sea level. Its western edge, known as the Karst Rim ( Slovene : Kraški rob ), is a continuation of the Učka mountain range in eastern Istria , and rises to

161-567: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Underland (book) Underland: A Deep Time Journey is a book by Robert Macfarlane and the sequel to The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot . Initially published in English on 2 May 2019 by Hamish Hamilton in the UK and on 4 June 2019 by W. W. Norton & Company in the US, the book has been translated into over

184-650: Is spoken. In the northern part (the northern part of the Municipality of Sežana, in the Slovenian municipalities of Komen and Miren-Kostanjevica , in the Italian municipalities of Sgonico , Duino-Aurisina and Doberdò del Lago , as well in some eastern suburbs of Trieste , like Barcola ), the Karst dialect is spoken. The Karst is renowned for its strong red wine , known as teran , prosciutto and its traditional cuisine, which

207-773: The Adult Swim television series The Venture Bros. Underland , a dance work by Stephen Petronio based on the music of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds and premiered by the Sydney Dance Company at the Sydney Opera House in May 2003 "Underland", a song by Sleeping People from their 2007 album Growing Underland, the proper name of the world visited by the title character in the 2010 film Alice In Wonderland See also [ edit ] Underground (disambiguation) Underworld (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

230-410: The book received a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] (4.22 out of 5) from the site which was based on 15 critic reviews. On Bookmarks Magazine Sep/Oct 2019 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] (4.0 out of 5) based on critic reviews with

253-503: The book sheds light on the impacts and consequences of human actions within the Anthropocene geological epoch. Upon release, Underland was generally well-received. According to Book Marks , the book received "rave" reviews based on 35 critic reviews with 26 being "rave" and 7 being "positive" and 2 being "mixed". In Books in the Media , a site that aggregates critic reviews of books,

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276-621: The east and southeast of Trieste , ending in steep cliffs between Aurisina and Duino . Many interesting geological phenomena occur along the Karst Rim, including the picturesque Rosandra Valley (also known as Glinščica). Because the Karst steeply descends towards the Adriatic Sea , it is less exposed to the beneficial climatological effects of the Mediterranean . In the past, the main vegetation on

299-516: The main tourist centers in the area is Lipica , with its stud farm (the home of the Lipizzan horse breed) and other tourist facilities. The vast majority of the inhabitants of the Karst Plateau are ethnic Slovenes . Traditionally, only the villages of San Martino del Carso and Poggio-Sdraussina (in the municipality of Sagrado ) has been inhabited by Friulian speakers, the villages of Polazzo (in

322-453: The municipality of Fogliano-Redipuglia ), Vermegliano and Selz (in the municipality of Ronchi dei Legionari ) by Venetian speakers, and the town of Duino has been inhabited for long by a mixed population, while all the rest of the region was almost entirely Slovene-speaking from the Middle Ages until the end of World War I , after which some thousands Italians moved in the region while it

345-476: The plateau was oaks , but these were replaced by pine forests in the 19th and 20th centuries. Forests now cover only one third of the Karst. Starting in the Middle Ages , the plateau suffered radical deforestation for economic reasons. Although it is often said that much of the wood for the closely spaced piles that support the island city of Venice came from this region, this is unlikely. Venice perhaps used

368-495: The poets Rainer Maria Rilke , Alojz Gradnik , and Edvard Kocbek , essayists Scipio Slataper and Marjan Rožanc , writers Italo Svevo , Fulvio Tomizza , and Susanna Tamaro , and film director Jan Cvitkovič . Many artists and authors settled in the area, including Josip Osti and Taras Kermauner . Municipalities that are completely or partially in the Karst include: Historically, the region around Pivka , Postojna and Ilirska Bistrica also used to be considered as part of

391-622: The region speak two closely related Slovene dialects , both belonging to the Littoral dialect group . In the southern part of the plateau (in the municipalities of Divača and Hrpelje-Kozina , and the southern part of the Municipality of Sežana , in the Italian municipality of Monrupino , and in most of the Slovene-speaking areas of the municipality of Trieste ), the Inner Carniolan dialect

414-415: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Underland . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Underland&oldid=1230354200 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

437-438: The top of the northern rim of the plateau ; its houses are tightly clustered around Turn Hill, giving it the appearance of a medieval town. On the Italian side of the border, important settlements include Opicina , Duino , and Aurisina . Natural conditions, including the bora ( Slovene : burja ) wind, and the local way of life all shaped the elements of Karst architecture , creating simple but well-defined forms. One of

460-596: The wood for naval timber. The most radical deforestation occurred in the first half of the nineteenth century due to clear-cutting by local farmers and conversion of the land into pastures for goats and sheep. The Karst is famous for its caves . In Slovenia, they include Vilenica Cave (the oldest show cave in Europe), Lipica Cave , Divača Cave , Kačna Cave , Postojna Cave , and Škocjan Caves (a UNESCO World Heritage Site ), and Grotta Gigante in Italy (the largest show cave in

483-534: The world). Most of the Karst is located in the Slovenian Littoral , covering an area of 429 square kilometres, with a population of about 19,000 people. The Karst as a whole has exactly 100 settlements. The town of Sežana is the center of the region on the Slovene side of the border. The main rural centers are the settlements of Divača , Dutovlje , and Komen . Štanjel is a picturesque clustered settlement at

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506-462: Was entirely under Italy's sovereignty, and again from the late 1940s and during the 1950s, when Istrian Italians fleeing from Yugoslavia were settled in Karst villages in the Province of Trieste, especially in the municipality of Duino . As a consequence, today an estimated one fifth of the population of the Karst Plateau is Italian speaking, while the rest is mostly Slovene speaking. The Slovenes in

529-757: Was named the 2020 Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards . Karst Plateau It lies between the Vipava Valley , the low hills surrounding the valley, the westernmost part of the Brkini Hills , northern Istria , and the Gulf of Trieste . The western edge of the plateau also marks the traditional ethnic border between Italians and Slovenes . The region gave its name to karst topography . For this reason, it

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