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Read more The Grand Hotel Union and its magnificent history The Grand Hotel Union has become an important contributor to the political and social life of Ljubljana and Slovenia in its over a century of existence.   Read more The bohemian past of Hotel Mrak The history of Hotel Mrak, located in the heart of the old city center, reveals the life and work of the extraordinary Slovenian artist Ivan Mrak.

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Vrhnika

Vrhnika's surrounding area is scattered with the remnants of the Roman defensive wall system known as Claustra Alpium Iuliarum, which protected the heart of the Roman Empire from the second half of the 3rd to the 5th century. It is believed that at the time there were around 60 defensive towers in the area between Vrhnika's nearby villages of Verd and Zaplana and the town of Logatec.

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Zlata ladjica Boutique Hotel

Our boutique 5-star hotel offers 15 unique rooms, each of which tells its own story about Ljubljana and the hotel through the course of time. The building’s history dates back to the 16th century. The renovation has succeeded in preserving the wooden ceiling from the 17th century, frescos from the 18th century and parquet from the 19th century.

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Cukrarna - from an industrial facility to a gallery and a special venue

From 1841 to 1849, with new owners, its capacity was expanded, leading to a real boom in the history of Ljubljana's sugar industry. The Cukrarna still stands as a unique monument to capitalist enterprise from the first half of the 19th century.  

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Cekin Mansion: National Museum of Contemporary History

Accessible event space for persons with movement disabilities Accessible to the blind and partially sighted Presentation materials adapted for the blind and partially sighted Contacts Celovška cesta 23 1000 Ljubljana Phone: +386 (0)1 300 96 10 Email: [email protected] Web site: Cekin Mansion: National Museum of Contemporary History Map The offer includes The National Museum of Contemporary History is a state museum dedicated to the heritage of recent Slovenian history, from the beginning of the 20th century onwards.

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Ljubljana Loves Beer

Discover the beginningsBrewing in Ljubljana dates back to the 16th century, when several Ljubljana innkeepers brewed and sold their own beer. The first large brewery, Pivovarna Union, began its operations in 1864 as a small family business founded by Ivan and Peter Kosler under the name Pivovarna Kosler.

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73rd Ljubljana Festival

The festival’s rich programme of concert, opera, and ballet events features internationally renowned artists, including some of the world's most recognised names in music and performing arts. The main venue of the Ljubljana Festival is the picturesque Križanke Summer Theatre, a gem of 13th century architecture rebuilt to its present form by the famous architect Jože Plečnik. 

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Fortified church of Tabor nad Cerovim

Fortified church of Tabor nad Cerovim © Peter Zakrajšek © Peter Zakrajšek © Peter Zakrajšek © Aleš Fevžer In the surrounding area of the village of Cerovo, on the Tabor hill near the famous Županova jama cave, stands a medieval church of St. Nicholas, built in the 15th century and later slightly modified. In the first half of the 16th century it was frescoed by several Croatian painters. In the same century, it was fortified to provide a place of refuge and defence for farmers from nearby villages during Turkish attacks.

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Taste Ljubljana

The Taste Ljubljana project was conceived by the well-known ethnologist Janez Bogataj. It includes above all dishes that were popular among the citizens of Ljubljana in the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, but then increasingly began to give way to international dishes on restaurant menus.

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Ljubljana Beer Experience

Records of the first brewer in Ljubljana date back as far as 1592. By the end of the 18th century, the city boasted six breweries, and by the mid-19th century their number had grown to more than fifty.

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