Italian Cultural Institute, Ljubljana
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Grad Municipality, Grad, Grad Castle
The Grad castle is the biggest castle complex in Slovenia, which is over 800 years old and is built on a hill of basalt tuff. The castle was built in the present size in the 16th and 17th centuries and was renovated in the 18th and 19the centuries. Over the centuries it has had several owners. Today, the castle is renovated and is the seat of the Goričko Nature Park. The castle houses an information point for visitors, a museum, handicraft workshops, a wine shop and a wedding hall....
Trate, Cmurek Castle
Cmurek Castle sits on the north side of Slovenian gorice hills, high above the Mura river. It was first mentioned in the 12th century, the castle is considered to be one of the oldest and finest in the Štajerska region. It has got a Romanesque ground plan, but a Renaissance façade with an impressive arcaded courtyard. ...
Makole, Dvorec Štatenberg
Štatenberg Palace, Baroque special among the Haloze hills Štatenberg is a two-storey Baroque manor house with a garden, built on a hill above the scenic village Makol . Luxurious baroque mansion started to build Counts Attems . Palace is particularly famous for its frescoes and stucco in Knight's Hall and stylish lounges. In rooms we can see various depicted mythological scenes . Surroundings of the castle is adorned with wild chestnut avenue, the castle lies a natural forest, according to a ten-minute footpath leads up to the three ponds. Castle, park and wider surroundings are protected as a nature park Štatenberg . ...
Velenje, Velenje Castle
The Velenje Castle is one of the most beautiful castles in Slovenia. Historical texts first mention it in 1270. ...
Jeruzalem, Church of Our Lady of Sorrows
The church was built in 1652, it was named after the image of Our Lady of Sorrows (original was brought by crusaders or pilgrims from Jerusalem in the 13th century ), which is on the main altar. On the right side altar is a picture of Pope Urban II . , The originator of the Crusades. ...
Olimje, Church of Mary’s Assumption
Coming to Olimje, one can hardly miss the Church of Mary’s Assumption. It is a parish church with Baroque architecture and gilded black altars, and was initially intended for pilgrims. Besides having the biggest gilded altar in Slovenia, the church also keeps the bust of the blessed Anton Martin Slomšek....
Stranje, Church of St. Benedict
The church of St. Benedict in Stranje is the most extensive Plečnik's work in the area. Up to the first decades of the 19th century, its medival forerunner stood there. ...
Kostanjevica na Krki, Former Cistercian Monastery
In 1234 established Cistercian monastery of Mary Studenec till the abolition in 1785, represented a center of religious, Enlightenment, in economic life....
Celje, Old Counts' Mansion
This most beautiful Renaissance building in the town was built between 1580 and 1603 on the southern side of the city walls. At the beginning of the 17th century, it was further embellished by arched hallways, and during the 1926 restoration its aesthetic value was increased by the discovery of the famous Celje ceiling....
Mokrice, Mokrice Castle
Mokrice castle was first mentioned in 1444 , the basic features of the Renaissance castle Mokrice were given in the 16th century . The history of the castle is characterized by findings from the times of the Roman Empire and from the times of Turkish invasions. Grad Mokrice is located southeast of the village Catez ob Savi on the hill above the right bank of the Sava River, the etymology of its name refers to the once marshy, ie wet area in its surroundings....
Maribor castle
Today, Maribor castle is composed of two parts, the administrative court of the sovereign prince, built between 1478 and 1481, and the North-eastern corner of the city’s defence system (the castle’s bastion and the lodge). ...
Brestanica, Rajhenburg Castle
Rajhenburg Castle has presided on its rocky prominence over the Sava River at least since the 9th century and still represents an important cultural and historical monument. How could it not since it boasts the oldest Romanesque chapel from the beginning of the 12th century and the oldest preserved Renaissance frescoes in the castle hall from the beginning of the 16th century in Slovenia....