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From kids for kids: the best places to visit in Ljubljana

The one I visited with Dad – the Museum of Illusions. The museum is located on the Kongresni square. As my daughter learned in school and is always eager to explain the square has another name as well – Star square. Why? From the middle of the square there are pathways that resemble the five points of a star.

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Peglezen building

Peglezen building © MGLC © MGLC © MGLC When in the early 1930s Jože Plečnik was preparing plans for Ljubljana's new town hall to be built in the Vodnikov trg square, his designs for the wider square area included a building to be constructed on a plot of land between the Poljanska ulica and Kapiteljska ulica streets which was, until the earthquake of 1895, occupied by a narrow house referred to as Peglezen (charcoal iron in Slovenian).

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Central Market

The Central Market consists of an open-air market, located in the Vodnikov trg and Pogačarnev trg squares, a covered market situated in between the two squares, and a series of small food shops along the river Ljubljanica, which are referred to as 'Plečnik's Covered Market' as they are located in a colonnade designed by Ljubljana's famous architect Jože Plečnik. 

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Best Ljubljana museums for kids

A true Indiana Jones experience. How to get there: Walk from the Prešernov trg square to the banks of river Ljubljana. Continue down the Hribarjevo nabrežje, then turn right at the Novi trg (New square). Turn left and you’ll pass by the stunning National and University Library, a few steps further and you are at the French Revolution square.

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Best Ljubljana museums for kids

A true Indiana Jones experience. How to get there: Walk from the Prešernov trg square to the banks of river Ljubljana. Continue down the Hribarjevo nabrežje, then turn right at the Novi trg (New square). Turn left and you’ll pass by the stunning National and University Library, a few steps further and you are at the French Revolution square.

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The 200th anniversary of the Congress of Ljubljana

The Congress Square in the 1950s. The memory of the Congress remained long after its conclusion. In Ljubljana, the names Congress Square (Kongresni trg), the Road of Two Emperors, the Bavarian Court and the Inn of the Russian Tsar still remind us of the biggest political event in Ljubljana of the 19th century: the Congress of the Holy Alliance.  

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Ljubljana city life

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Flower baskets in Ljubljana’s Old Town

The flower baskets you see in all the main squares and the majority of streets in Ljubljana’s historic town centre have become a distinctive feature in many photographs of Ljubljana.

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A Key to Ljubljanavisitljubljana.com 13Ljubljana’s Old Town The old city centre or Ljubljana’s Old Town is comprised of the area between the castle hill and alongside of Ljubljanica River. The visitors stroll through the picturesque and vibrant squares and narrow paved streets, while admiring the façades of different architectural styles and with the story behind them. Prešernov trg square Most popular Ljubljana’s square, with the monument of the greatest Slovenian poet, France Prešeren (his poem, Zdravljica/A Toast is the Slovenian anthem), with the ornamented façade of the Franciscan Church that dominates the square, with the Triple Bridge, the masterpiece of the greatest Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik, and with Ljubljanica River flowing under the bridge, is the heart of the city for the locals, always vibrant.

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Hotel Mrak and its unconventional residents

The inn soon became famous for its excellent Slovenian traditional dishes and became a popular gathering place for various artists, writers, painters, architects, professors, and bohemians. It had two dining rooms named after famous Slovenian poets Prešeren and Aškerc. Dance parties, social gatherings, and various literary meetings were hosted in the room with arches, which led to the beautiful garden and was known as the "salon".

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