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Tivoli Mansion: International Centre of Graphic Arts

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A stroll along the Jakopič Promenade – designed by one of the greatest architects of the European Modernist period, Jože Plečnik – ends in front of the oldest building in today’s Tivoli Park. In front of the building, there used to be a statue of the Austrian-Czech Count Radetzky, who opened the mansion to the public.

Today, the premises are occupied by the International Centre of Graphic Arts, which features the largest Slovenian collection of graphic art and authorial publications created after World War II. If you’re in town when it’s on, then be sure to visit during the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, the world's oldest and longest-running biennial exhibition of contemporary graphic arts. The Biennial is accompanied by a number of innovative events, workshops and other forms of artistic expression that are not to be missed.

A stroll along the Jakopič Promenade – designed by one of the greatest architects of the European Modernist period, Jože Plečnik – ends in front of the oldest building in today’s Tivoli Park. In front of the building, there used to be a statue of the Austrian-Czech Count Radetzky, who opened the mansion to the public. Today, the premises are occupied by the International Centre of Graphic Arts, which features the largest Slovenian collection of graphic art and authorial publications created after World War II. If you’re in town when it’s on, then be sure to visit during the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, the world's oldest and longest-running biennial exhibition of contemporary graphic arts. The Biennial is accompanied by a number of innovative events, workshops and other forms of artistic expression that are not to be missed.

 

Schedule

Open:

  • Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-18:00. Mondays and public holidays closed.
  • 24 December 10:00-14:00
  • 25 and 31 December and 1 January: closed

Lokacija

In the 13th century, a defence tower owned by the city's governor, Baron Jorg Alpfaltrer, was standing on the hill above the present Tivoli Mansion (Tivolski grad). The tower, known under the name of the Turn, was burnt down by the army of Ulrich II of Celje during his unsuccessful siege of Ljubljana in 1448. Baron Apfaltrer later built a mansion called the Podturn, which occupied the site of the present Tivoli Mansion. In 1601, the Podturn was purchased by Jesuits, who pulled it down and built a new mansion, which they used as a holiday home for themselves and their students. Later the mansion became first the property of the Catholic Church and then the property of the Provincial States.

In 1835, the Ljubljana Kazina Society opened a summer amusement park with a pub and a café next to the mansion. It was then that the mansion was given its present name. In 1852 it was bought by the Emperor Franz Joseph and let on a life-long lease to Marshall Joseph Radetzky. On this occasion the mansion was renovated. Its façade was redecorated in Classicist style and a number of new walking paths and gardens were opened to the public.

In 1865 the Tivoli Mansion was purchased by the Municipality of Ljubljana and subsequently a pool with a fountain and a stairway decorated with tongueless dog statues were built in front of it. The dog statues were created by the sculptor Anton D. Fernkorn around the year 1870. Until 1967, the Tivoli Mansion was a residential building.

Accessible to persons with movement disabilities

  • Designated parking space for persons with movement disabilities
  • Designated path from the car park/public transport to the building
  • Designated entrance for persons with movement disabilities
  • Designated sanitary facilities accessible to persons with movement disabilities
  • Adequate access to the building for persons with movement disabilities (hallways, staircase, lift, etc.)
  • Accessible event space for persons with movement disabilities
  • Accessible information desk/cash register for persons with movement disabilities

Accessible to the blind and partially sighted

  • Presentation materials adapted for the blind and partially sighted

Notes

Admission:

  • Adults: € 5.00
  • Schoolchildren, Students, Pensioners, Groups: € 2.50

Contacts

Pod turnom 3 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 (0)1 241 38 00

Faks: +386 (0)1 241 38 21

Email: [email protected]

Web site: Tivoli Mansion: International Centre of Graphic Arts

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