Category: Buildings and Parks

Constructed in the second half of the 19th century, the house where Blaž Arnič was born in 1901 stands in Strmec. The single-storey building with a rectangular ground plan has been designated as a Slovenian cultural monument. Blaž Arnič Blaž Arnič (1901–1970) was a Slovenian composer and music teacher. Besides scoring choral songs as well

Marjan Kozina liked to spend time in the Dolenjska region, where he found both peace and inspiration in the family vineyard cottage on Trška gora for his composing work. To this end, his study was equipped with a piano on loan from the Music Education Centre Maribor. The cottage became the favourite gathering place of

Vegova Street originates from the 19th century, when the ditch alongside Ljubljana’s eastern mediaeval town wall was filled in, and was designed by Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik in keeping with his plan for the urban development of Ljubljana. Plečnik devised the Alley as an important cultural axis lined with major national institutions, including the University

In 1895, composer, priest and zealous mountaineer Jakob Aljaž purchased the summit of Mount Triglav for the sum of one Austro-Hungarian gulden and had the Triglav Tower or Aljaž Tower erected on his plot of land. Cylindrical in shape, the tower provides storm shelter to mountain climbers. Over the following years, Aljaž’s patriotic act was

Aljaž Lodge in the Vrata Valley (1015 m) is a mountain hut situated in the upper end of the Vrata Valley near the Triglavska Bistrica stream. It was named after the Slovenian priest and composer Jakob Aljaž who originally had a wooden hut built on this site. It opened on 9 June 1896. The present-day

Made by sculptor Marjan Keršič, the bust of composer Slavko Osterc (1895–1941) was mounted on a tall rectangular plinth. Inaugurated in 1963, it was erected on the initiative of the Association of Ljutomer, Križevci, Veržej and Razkrižje Cultural Societies and the Slavko Osterc Cultural Society Veržej. The monument adorns the centre of Veržej in the

The birthplace of Matija Tomc is in Bela krajina (White Carniola). The family home is built of stone, and has an exterior wooden gallery, stone stairs and partially refurbished interior. The year 1870 was inscribed into the house’s wooden ceiling. Matija Tomc Slovenian composer and priest Matija Tomc (1899–1986) achieved national recognition with his enduring

A green oasis in urban Ljubljana, the garden named after composer Anton Foerster is located on the north side of Rimska Street, next to the building (13 Rimska Street) where the composer lived. Laid out following a design from 1928, the garden lies in the immediate vicinity of the Musicology Department of the Faculty of Arts and has been planted with various selected species of trees (plane, horse chestnut, beech and gingko).