The Aljaž Tower on Triglav was designed and built by Jakob Aljaž (1845-1927), a great patriot, mountain worker, composer, poet and mountain writer, from 1889 until his death the pastor of Dovje.
Aljaž bought the land at the top of Triglav for a gold gardener from the municipality of Dovška in order to build a tower on it, which was supposed to be a shelter and lookout point. He made the plan for it himself. He used his money to buy an iron frame, thick galvanized iron sheet and screws. He hired six strong porters and they carried the material from the valley to the top within a week. The tower was built by Aljaž's childhood friend, tinsmith Anton Belec from Šentvid, who was helped by four assistants. In the tower, he installed 3 cobbler's chairs, 2 blankets, 2 cooking pots with a bottle of spirit, 6 glasses, a barometer, an entry book and a copy of Pernhart's Triglav Panorama around the entire perimeter, and a thermometer on the outside. The tower was initially the property of Jakob Aljaž, but then he left it to the Slovenian Mountaineering Society. It was opened on August 7, 1895. On the same day, the Stanič shelter, an artificial hollow on the south side just below the summit of Triglav, was also opened; it was built by the SPD according to Jakob Aljaž's plan. The shelter is not equipped, it has room for 4 to 6 people. By buying the land and erecting the tower, Aljaž clearly showed the Germans that Triglav is a Slovenian mountain. With this action, he greatly contributed to the realization of the slogan of the founding general meeting of the Slovenian Mountaineering Association: "To preserve the Slovenian face of the Slovenian mountains." The Aljaž tower has been standing for more than 100 years. Together with Triglav, it became a symbol of Slovenia. With the aim of preserving the cultural and historical tradition of the Aljažev tower, the Jesenice municipal assembly adopted a decree on June 28, 1990 declaring the Aljažev tower on the top of Triglav a cultural and historical monument. Zavarovalnica Triglav donated a nice table in 1997, which was placed by the Ljubljana Matica Police Department near the Aljažev Tower. The stamp and registration book are safely stored in it.
The Aljaž tower provides modest shelter for four to six mountaineers.