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Mokrice Castle
Mokrice castle dates from the 16th century, but there are bits and pieces going back to Roman times built into the structure. Its supposedly haunted by the ghost of the 17th-century countess Barbara, who committed suicide here after her lover failed to return from sea. Shes particu
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Triple Bridge
Running south from the square to the Old Town is the much celebrated Triple Bridge. Originally called Špital (Hospital) Bridge when it built as a single span in 1842, it was nothing spectacular, but between 1929 and 1932 superstar architect Jože Plečnik added the two pedestrian sid
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Church of St George
On the east side of Slovenski trg, this church reveals an array of styles from Romanesque to neo-Gothic. The church contains some lovely late-14th-century choir stalls decorated with animals, a carved relief of the Epiphany dating from 1515 and frescoes in the middle of the south a
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Žale Cemetery
This cemetery, some 2km northeast of Tabor, is Ljubljana’s answer to Père Lachaise in Paris or Londons Highgate. It is home’ to a number of Slovenian actors, writers, painters and a certain distinguished architect – Gospod Plečnik himself – but is best known for the ornamental gate
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Museum of Modern Art
This gallery houses the very best in modern Slovenian art. Keep an eye out for works by painters Tone Kralj (Family), the expressionist France Mihelič (The Quintet) and the surrealist Stane Kregar (Hunter at Daybreak) as well as sculptors like Jakob Savinšek (Protest) . The museum
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Oplen House
The hamlet of Studor, about 3.5km from Ribčev Laz, is home to Oplen House – a typical old peasants cottage with a chimney-less black kitchen that has been turned into a museum focusing on the domestic life of peasants in the Bohinj area.Studors real claims to fame are its many topl
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Franciscan Monastery
Attached To The Chucrch Of St Leonard, Is The Bright Yellow Franciscan Monastery , Whose Library Contains Some 12,000 Volumes, Including Important 12th-Century Incunabula. The Gymnasium On Jenkova Ulica 1 Was Founded By Maria Theresa In 1746, Is To The North.
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Trška Gora
Postcard-pretty, vineyard-covered Trška Gora (428m) can be reached by road and trail from Mačkovec, about 5km southwest of Otočec. From there, follow the road north for 1km to Sevno and then continue along the narrow winding track for 2km until you reach the summit and the Church o
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Kluže Fortress
Built by the Austrians in 1882 on the site of a 17th-century fortress above a 70m ravine on the Koritnica River, Kluže Fortress is 4km northeast of Bovec. It was the site of an Austro-Hungarian garrison during WWI, right behind the front line of the Isonzo battlefield. Exhibitions
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Kolpa Landscape Park
Much of the Slovenian riverbank along the 118km-long Kolpa River, from Fučkovci (yes that is a real town name), just north of Adlešiči, as far southwest as Stari Trg ob Kolpi, forms the Kolpa Landscape Park, a protected area of natural wonders and cultural monuments. The river is t
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Maribor Cathedral
Maribors cathedral faces the square named after Anton Martin Slomšek (1800–62), the Slovenian bishop and politician beatified in 1999 and the first Slovene to earn such distinction. Parts of the imposing structure date from the 13th century, and it shows elements of virtually every
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Otočec Castle
Perched dramatically in the centre of the Krka River and reached via a wooden bridge, Otočec Castle, 1.5km east of Otočec village, is well worth a visit, even if youre not staying at the hotel here. With late Gothic and Renaissance influences, the castle consists of two wings and a
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Trg Celjskih Knezov
The funnel-shaped Square of the Celje Counts leads north from Muzejski trg. At the start is the Lower Castle built in the 14th century for the Celje Counts and today containing the Centre for Contemporary Arts , which contains the rather titillating Račka Gallery of Erotic Art , a
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Rogatec Open
Slovenia’s largest and most ambitious skanzen (open-air village museum), with more than a dozen mostly original structures, moved here in the early 1980s. The central farmhouse, built by the Šmit family in the early 19th century, barn, a toplar (double hayrack), forge, grocery shop
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Pekel Jama
A visit to Hell Cave (note the outline of a devil at the entrance), some 4km north of the Roman necropolis, is quite a heavenly experience. A one-hour tour will take you 1200m from the lower wet area to the upper dry section. Among the highlights, youll pass a 4m-high waterfall, th
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Breg
On the south bank of the Savinja River, a covered stairway with 90 steps at Breg 2 leads to the Capuchin Church of St Cecilia . The Germans used the nearby monastery (now apartments) as a prison during WWII. Between the church and City Park is the reconstructed Roman Temple of Herc
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City Museum of Ljubljana
The excellent city museum established in 1935 focuses on Ljubljana’s history, culture and politics via imaginative multimedia and interactive displays. The reconstructed street that once linked the eastern gates of the Roman colony of Emona (today’s Ljubljana) to the Ljubljanica Ri
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Church of the Assumption
The baroque Church of the Assumption dates from the 17th century, though there’s been a church here since the 9th century. Go inside to see some fresco fragments from the 15th century, a large gold altar and part of the apse of a pre-Romanesque chapel. The 15th-century belfry conta
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Cathedral of the Assumption
Plumb on Titov trg is the Cathedral of the Assumption and its 36m-tall belfry, now called the City Tower , with 204 climbable stairs for primo views. The cathedral, partly Romanesque and Gothic but mostly dating from the mid-18th century, has a white classical interior with a feeli
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Slomškov Trg
South of City Park is the square named after Anton Martin Slomšek (1800–62), the Slovenian bishop and politician beatified 1999, the first Slovene to earn such distinction.Parts of the imposing Cathedral , date from the 13th century and it shows elements of virtually every architec
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