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Church of St Margaret
The reconstructed Church of St Margaret is atop the Šmarjetna Gora, a 643m hill 3km northwest of the Old Town. The views from here of Kranj, the Alps and the Sava River are astonishing.
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Church of the Holy Rosary
At the end of Tomšičeva ulica northwest of Pungert is the Church of the Holy Rosary, built in the 16th century. It was a Protestant sanctuary during the Reformation. Beside the church are arcades, a fountain and a monumental staircase designed in the late 1950s by Jože Plečnik to give Kranj a dramatic entrance up from the Sava River.
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former post office
The unusual Art Deco building with the three statues facing Maistrov trg to the north is the former post office, which dates from the 1930s. It has four Atlases on the south side.
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Gorenjska Museum
A beautiful plaza, Glavni trg (Main Square) is populated by Gothic and Renaissance buildings; the ones on the western side with their painted facades, vaulted hallways and arched courtyards are masterpieces. The 16th-century one opposite is the former town hall (mestna hiša; Glavni trg 4), which now contains most of the collection of the Gorenjska Museum.
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Khislstein Castle
To the north of the Church of the Holy Rosary (at the end of Tomšičeva ulica northwest of Pungert) is a lengthy section of the restored town wall and Khislstein Castle, part of which was built during the Turkish invasions of the 15th century; check out the lovely arcaded courtyard. Today it houses the offices of several cultural institutes, including the Gorenjska Museum.
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Parish Church of St Cantianus
The Parish Church of St Cantianus, which was built on to part of an older church starting in about 1400, is the best example of a hall church (ie one with a nave and aisles of equal height) in Slovenia. The Mount of Olives relief in the arch above the main portal dating from 1450 is well worth a look before entering, as is the modern altar (1934) designed by Ivan Vurnik. Below the north side of the church there are more old bones from early Slavic graves and a medieval ossuary.
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Plague Church
Another 300m further south, the Old Town dead-ends behind the Plague Church, built during a time of pestilence in 1470 and dedicated to the three 'intercessors against the plague' - Sts Rok, Fabian and Sebastian. It is now used by Serbian Orthodox Christians. The three-storey defence tower (obrambni stolp) beside the church was built in the 16th century.
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Prešeren House
The restored Prešeren House was home to the poet France Prešeren (1800-49) for the last two years of his life; he died in the front bedroom.
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Prešeren Memorial Museum
The restored Prešeren House now contains the Prešeren Memorial Museum in five rooms, two of them with original furnishings. Unfortunately, most of the explanatory notes next to the poet's letters, diaries and manuscripts are in Slovene only. Prešeren is buried in the parish cemetery, now called Prešeren Grove (Prešernov Gaj), about 500m to the north.
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Špital Tower
The gateway to the Old Town, Maistrov trg was the site of the upper town gates in the 15th century. It was the most vulnerable part of Kranj; the steep Kokra Canyon protected the town on the eastern side and thick walls did the trick on the west from Pungert as far as the square. The Špital Tower, one of seven along the wall, now forms part of a butcher shop. The best view of the cone-shaped tower is from Kokrški breg.
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