Category: Buildings and Parks

Today’s Slovenian National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana dates from 1892, being built more or less concurrently with the National Museum of Slovenia, Narodni dom and the Slovenian Philharmonic which are located in the general vicinity. The new Opera and Ballet Theatre was constructed to fill the gap created in 1887 when the Slovenian Estate

The Narodni dom Maribor cultural and events centre is located in a restored nineteenth-century building that has been listed as a cultural heritage monument. Situated in the heart of Maribor, the National Hall provides a broad array of cultural events, including concerts, festivals, music series and theatre and dance performances. The Narodni dom building is

The Velenje House of Culture (Dom kulture Velenje) was built in 1959, based on designs by architect Oton Gaspari. Listed as a cultural heritage monument, the building’s side exteriors are adorned by graphic designs, and its front facade bears a relief by sculptor Stojan Batič. During the 2003–2006 renovations, the building had up-to-date electrical wiring

A major Ljubljana outdoor venue, listed as a cultural heritage building, Križanke’s various stages host a broad selection of music concerts, as well as dance and theatre performances. Formerly a Monastery of the Holy Cross, the abandoned complex was redesigned as the Križanke open-air theatre, with smaller concert stages. The Auditorium, Križanke’s main stage, provides

Cankarjev dom is the largest Slovenian cultural and congress centre. The beginnings of the central arts institution, which enjoys the status of a cultural monument, go back to the 1970s, when the Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache appeared in Slovenia. He conducted a concert at the Slovenian Philharmonic, where the squeaking noises of the time-worn chairs

Located on an Early Stone Age site, the Divje Babe Archaeological Park enjoys worldwide fame for the discovery there of the earliest known musical instrument. The bones of over 60 animal species, stone and bone tools and remains of ice-age fire pits were found in a cave on the steep rocky slopes of the Idrija

The building housing the Glasbena matica Music Society, re-constructed after the 1895 earthquake, stands on the Avenue of Slovenian Composers in Vegova Street Ljubljana. In 1932, in the run-up to the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Glasbena matica and the launch of the First Slovenian Music Festival, Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik was commissioned to

In 1982, on the initiative of the Ribnica Tourist Society, the Cultural Memorial Park was landscaped in the grounds of the Ribnica Castle. The names of numerous (approx. 70) culture professionals who contributed to the intellectual development of Ribnica or were in some way associated with the region are inscribed on various stone memorials. Professor

Navje Memorial Park provides the final resting place for numerous illustrious Slovenians, including several distinguished figures in Slovenian music history. In 1936, the dilapidated municipal graveyard was redesigned as a memorial park according to plans by Jože Plečnik, Ivo Spinčič and Anton Lap. The site has Ljubljana cultural heritage status and has enjoyed, since 2001,

The memorial park next to the Hribar Villa in Cerklje was opened in 1999, during the celebration of the municipal holiday and the 80th anniversary of the death of Ignacij Borštnik. His was the first of the busts of notable figures whose achievements and creative work significantly contributed to the development and recognition of the