Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Ljubljana, Slovenia
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9.4 km
210 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 LjubljanaSight 1: Cerkev Svetega Antona Padovanskega
The Church of St. Anthony of Padua, also known as the Vis Church, is a neo-Renaissance church from the beginning of the 20th century. The parish church of the parish of Ljubljana - Vič, located along Tržaška cesta in the Vič district community of Ljubljana, next to the parish of the Parish of Ljubljana – Vič, the Vič Youth Centre and Antonov dom.
Wikipedia: Župnijska cerkev sv. Antona Padovanskega, Ljubljana (SL)
Sight 2: Jožef Stefan
Josef Stefan was a Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician, and poet of the Austrian Empire.
Sight 3: Tone Seliškar
Anton "Tone" Seliškar was a Slovene writer, poet, journalist and teacher. He published poetry, short stories and novels and is also known for his young adult fiction. Together with Mile Klopčič, he is considered the foremost representative of Slovene social realist poetry of the 1930s and 1940s.
Sight 4: Mestni muzej Ljubljana
The City Museum of Ljubljana was established in 1935. It is housed in Turjak Palace at 15 Gentry Street in the centre of Ljubljana.
Sight 5: Križanke outdoor theatre
The Križanke Outdoor Theatre is a theatre in Ljubljana, Slovenia, used for summer festivals set up inside the courtyard of the former Monastery of the Holy Cross. It is located at French Revolution Square no. 1.
Sight 6: Krakovska kapelica
The chapel in Krakow is a small sacral building along Emonska cesta in Ljubljana. It is located along the eastern Roman wall opposite the entrance to Krakovska Street. It has a "lantern" similar, sheet plate-laid, octagonally planted top ridge. It houses the oldest Christian statue in Ljubljana. This is a relief image of the Mother of God with her child.
Sight 7: Plečnik House
Plečnik's House is a composition of several houses on Karunova Street 4-6 in the Ljubljana neighborhood of Ljubljana, in which Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik residents from 1921 until his death. In 1957, the estate with houses and all the original equipment was purchased by the city of Ljubljana and opened for the public in 1974 within the Architectural Museum. Since 2010, he has been managed by the Museum and Galleries of the City of Ljubljana. In 2013-2015, the complex was comprehensively renovated. Since 2015, there is a permanent exhibition on the life and work of Jože Plečnik, an occasional exhibition and a study center for researchers.
Sight 8: Gruberjeva palača
Gruber Mansion is a mansion in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, standing at 1 Astronomy Street on the right bank of the Ljubljanica, east of Levstik Square and Castle Hill. It currently houses the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia.
Sight 9: Marijin steber
The Pillar of Mary is a pillar-shaped sign dedicated to St. Mary with a statue of Mary on top, which stands on Levstik Square in front of the parish church of St. Mary. St. Jacob in Ljubljana. In its current form, it was erected in 1938 according to the design of architect Jože Plečnik, and the design is the remnant of one of the oldest still preserved public monuments in Ljubljana, which has been changed several times throughout history.
Sight 10: Cerkev sv. Jakoba
St. James's Parish Church is a church in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is dedicated to St. James the Greater. Its name is often incorrectly translated as St. Jacob's because Slovene, like many other languages, uses the same word for both James and Jacob.
Sight 11: Cerkev svetega Florijana
St. Florian's Church is a Roman Catholic church at Upper Square in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It was completed in 1696. It is a local church that belongs to St. James's Parish.
Sight 12: Lili Novy
Lili Novy née Haumeder was a Slovene poet and translator of poetry. She is considered the first Slovene female lyric poet as well as one of the most important Slovene female poets in general.
Sight 13: Ljubljana Castle
Ljubljana Castle is a castle complex standing on Castle Hill above downtown Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is a key landmark of the town. Originally a medieval fortress, it was probably constructed in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 12th century. It acquired its present outline with an almost complete overhaul in the 15th century, whereas the majority of the buildings date to the 16th and 17th centuries. Initially a defense structure and since the first half of the 14th century the seat of the lords of Carniola, it was since the early 19th century used for various other purposes and today is used as a major cultural venue.
Sight 14: Park izbrisanih
The park will be wiped out by one of the parks in Ljubljana. City Councillors of the Municipality of Ljubljana confirmed the name and boundaries of the park, which will take place in the middle of the Rog Centre complex, at their meeting on 14 March 2022. In the park there will be a Ć-shaped memorial, which will be made of unmilled concrete; Most of the letter will be dug into the ground and will be invisible to the eyes. Only the upper part of the letter will be visible on the surface.
Sight 15: Ambrožev trg
Ambrož Square lies on the right bank of the Ljubljanica River between the lower and upper Poljane rivers.
Sight 16: Šlajmer Park
Šlajmerjev park lies between Zaloška cesta and Šlajmerjeva ulica in Ljubljana next to the Ljubljana maternity hospital. It is named after the surgeon Ed Šlajmer. It has a triangular floor plan, the geometric design is emphasized by symmetrically planted trees. It was built in 1933 according to the plan of Jože Plečnik, which is why it is one of the monuments of national importance.
Sight 17: Astronomsko geofizikalni observatorij Golovec
The Golovec Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory is a national astronomical and geophysical observatory at Golovec in Ljubljana. The observatory was established in 1949 on the initiative of Fran Domink as the first university observatory with the task of establishing conditions for the development of Slovenian professional astronomy. Construction took place between 1954 and 1959. In 1958, a separate 5.5-metre dome was built from the main building, in which in 1960 the 160 mm f/15 refractor Askania Bamberg, built around 1905, was installed. This binoculars were mostly used for observations of the Sun. Dominko became the first director of the observatory, followed by Vladimir Ribarič. Most of the first astronomical instruments were given to an observatory from the Astronomical Observatory in Belgrade. Interwar Yugoslavia received these instruments from Germany as part of the war reparations that Germany had to pay to the Allies after World War 1. Today, these instruments are in the Bistra Technical Museum.
Wikipedia: Astronomsko-geofizikalni observatorij Golovec (SL), Website
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