Region of Central Slovenia
Baroque style Ljubljana
Apart from creations by the architect Jože Plečnik, it was the Baroque that contributed most significantly to the architectural appearance of the present Ljubljana.
Numerous old city centre buildings are adorned with Baroque façades, staircases and inner courtyards. Most of the city's famous churches were built or - in the aftermath of the earthquake of 1511 - rebuilt in the Baroque style.
A jewel in the crown of the city's Baroque art is the work of the Venetian-born sculptor Francesco Robba, whose famous Fountain of Three Carniolan Rivers stands in front of the Town Hall, one of Ljubljana's most distinctly Baroque buildings.
Churches and castles built or rebuilt in the Baroque style are also an important feature in the character of numerous towns and villages in Ljubljana's surrounding areas.
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Points of interest
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Archiepiscopal Palace
The Archiepiscopal Palace, located in the Ciril-Metodov trg square next to the Cathedral of St. Nicholas, was built after the devastating earthquake of 1511 on commission from Krištof Ravbar, the then Bishop of Ljubljana. The plans for the Palace were prepared by the Bishop's secretary Avguštin Prygl, an architect and...
Ciril-Metodov trg 4, 1000 LjubljanaTelephone: +386 (0)1 234 26 00
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Cerkev sv. Florijana / Church of St. Florian
Gornji trg, 1000 Ljubljana -
Church of St. James
The Church of St. James (Cerkev sv. Jakoba) was built by Jesuits between 1613 and 1615 on a site previously occupied by a Gothic church standing next to the Jesuit monastery which housed Ljubljana's first college of theology, philosophy, medicine and music. The Jesuits' early-Baroque hall church was thoroughly rebuilt...
Gornji trg 18, 1000 LjubljanaTelephone: +386 (0)1 252 17 27
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Franciscan Church
The Franciscan Monastery and the Church of the Annunciation are the two buildings contributing most significantly to the appearance of the Prešernov trg square, the central square in Ljubljana. Until the end of the 18th century, the monastery was the home of Augustine monks. The Church of the Annunciation was...
Prešernov trg 4, 1000 LjubljanaTelephone: +386 (0)1 242 93 00
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Križanke Church (Church of Our Lady of Mercy)
Back in the 13th century, the Order of Teutonic Knights, the so called Knights of the Cross, settled at the upper end of the Novi trg square and built a church there. The only surviving item from the church is the famous relief of the Madonna of Krakovo from the...
Trg francoske revolucije 2, 1000 Ljubljana -
Polhov Gradec Mansion
The mansion was built in the 15th century and renovated in a Baroque style in the 18th century. Count Blagaj, an enlightened Mecean of art and a botanist after whom the protected plant Blagajev volčin (spurge laurel) was named lived here in the 19th century. The mansion has a beautiful...
Polhov Gradec 61, 1355 Polhov GradecTelephone: +386 (0)1 364 00 83, +386 (0)1 364 56 94
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Robba Fountain (The Fountain of Three Carniolan Rivers)
The Robba Fountain, one of Ljubljana's best known Baroque monuments, also known as The Fountain of Three Carniolan Rivers, stands at the edge of the Mestni trg square. It was created between 1743 and 1751 by the Venetian-born sculptor and architect Francesco Robba (1698-1757), who spent most of his life...
Mestni trg, Ljubljana -
Schweiger House
Schweiger House, located at No. 11 Stari trg square, is one of Ljubljana's most beautiful Baroque palaces. On commission from Franz Karl Schweiger von Lerchenfeld, it was rebuilt from an older house to a design by the architect Candido Zulliani between 1748 and 1749. Zulliani designed a large number of...
Stari trg 11a, 1000 Ljubljana -
Semeniška palača s knjižnico / Seminary Palace and Library
Dolničarjeva ulica 4, 1000 LjubljanaTelephone: +386 (0)1 300 19 00
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Šempeter Church (Church of St. Peter)
The Parish Church of St. Peter, the seat of the original parish of Ljubljana, is one of the most striking Baroque monuments situated on the edge of Ljubljana city centre. The earliest known written record of the existence of a church on its site dates back to 1262. Earlier evidence...
Trubarjeva cesta 80, 1000 LjubljanaTelephone: +386 (0)1 231 79 65
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Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, established in 1938, is housed in Lontovž (the name being derived from the German Landhaus for provincial house), which was originally home to the Provincial Assembly of Carniola and later a theatre hosting renowned theatre and opera troupes from around Europe. The building's façade...
Novi trg 3, 1000 LjubljanaTelephone: +386 (0)1 47 06 100
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The Cathedral (Church of St. Nicholas)
The site of the Cathedral was originally occupied by a three-nave Romanic church whose earliest mention dates back to 1262. After the fire of 1361 it was re-vaulted in the Gothic style. When the Ljubljana Diocese was established in 1461, the church underwent several alterations and additions. In 1469 it...
Dolničarjeva ulica 1, 1000 LjubljanaTelephone: +386 (0)1 234 26 90
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The Church of St.Martin
The late Gothic Church was remade into a Baroque style in 1740. It is made from the Moravče sandstone. The Baroque building on a hill with its two towers is the most recognizable symobol of Moravče. The greatest valuables of the church are an oil painting of St. Martin and...
Trg svobode 14, 1251 MoravčeTelephone: +386 (0)1 723 10 55
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The Church of St. Michael
Originally built as pilgrimage, but later rebuilt in Gothic and in Baroque style, the church is one of the main attractions in Mengeš. A Gothic presbytery from the 15th century and frescoes by Janez of Ljubljana from 1460 are preserved. The baptismal font and confessional are works of the famous...
Telephone: +386 (0)1 723 01 10
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Town Hall
Ljubljana's Town Hall (locally referred to as Mestna hiša, Magistrat or Rotovž), is used as the seat of the Municipality of Ljubljana. It was built in the late 15th century by the master builder Peter Bezlaj. It assumed its present appearance between 1717 and 1719, when an annexe designed...
Mestni trg 1, 1000 LjubljanaTelephone: +386 (0)1 306 10 20
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Ursuline Church
The Ursuline Monastery and the Church of the Holy Trinity, also referred to as the Ursuline Church (Uršulinska cerkev), are situated on the Slovenska cesta road, across the way from the Kongresni trg square. It was commissioned by Jakob Schell von Schellenburg, a wealthy local merchant and financier, and his...
Slovenska cesta 21, 1000 LjubljanaTelephone: +386 (0)1 252 48 64
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City tours and excursions