Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 2.6 km
Ascend 55 m
Descend 48 m

Explore Ljubljana in Slovenia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in LjubljanaIndividual Sights in Ljubljana

Sight 1: Slovenian Ethnographic Museum

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The Slovenian Ethnographic Museum is the central Slovenian museum in the field of ethnography.

Wikipedia: Slovenski etnografski muzej (SL), Website

946 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: Miklošičev park

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Miklošič Park is one of the important parks in Ljubljana. It is named after the Slovenian philologist and linguist Franz Miklošič. It was arranged from 1902 to 1906. Originally, Slovenian Square was set up here as a park. It was arranged by the Municipality of Ljubljana after the earthquake, and the project was also financially supported by the authorities in Vienna. The park and square represent the only unified Art Nouveau space in Ljubljana, with corner towers at all four corners of the buildings. It is square in plan and lies between Miklošičo, Cigaletva, Tavčar and Dalmatinova streets.

Wikipedia: Miklošičev park, Ljubljana (SL)

622 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: National Gallery

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National Gallery

The National Gallery of Slovenia is the national art gallery of Slovenia. It is located in the capital Ljubljana. It was founded in 1918, after the dissolution of Austria-Hungary and the establishment of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. Initially, it was hosted in the Kresija Palace of Ljubljana, but moved to the present location in 1925.

Wikipedia: National Gallery of Slovenia (EN), Website

90 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Saints Cyril and Methodius Church

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Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, commonly known as the Orthodox Church, is an Eastern Orthodox church building located in Trubar Park, between Bleiweis Street and Prešeren Street, north of the Museum of Modern Art and west of the National Gallery of Slovenia. It belongs to the Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Wikipedia: Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church (Ljubljana) (EN)

60 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Monument to Primož Trubar

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Monument to Primož Trubar

Primož Trubar or Primus Truber was a Slovene Protestant Reformer of the Lutheran tradition, mostly known as the author of the first Slovene language printed book, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Duchy of Carniola, and for consolidating the Slovenian language. Trubar introduced The Reformation in Slovenia, leading the Austrian Habsburgs to wage the Counter-Reformation, which a small Protestant community survived. Trubar is a key figure of Slovenian history and in many aspects a major historical personality.

Wikipedia: Primož Trubar (EN)

856 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Spomenik pionirjem

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Spomenik pionirjem Original uploader was StefanB at en.wikipediaSodelavci OpenStreetMap / CC BY-SA 2.0

The pioneers monument is a public monument located in the Tivoli Park in the clamp in front of Cekin Castle.

Wikipedia: Spomenik pionirjem, Tivoli (SL)

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