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Maribor Regional Museum
The Maribor Castle also contains the Maribor Regional Museum, one of the richest collections in Slovenia, which is arranged in 20 rooms. Be advised that at the time of research the museum was undergoing extensive renovations and parts (or all) of the permanent collection may be closed.
On the ground floor there are archaeological, clothing and ethnographic exhibits, including 19th-century beehive panels painted with biblical scenes from the Mislinja and Drava Valleys, models of Štajerska-style hayracks, Kurent costumes and wax ex voto offerings from the area around Ptuj. Upstairs there are rooms devoted to Maribor's history and its guilds and crafts (glassware, wrought ir…
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Vinag Wine Cellars
This square east of Maribor Castle, along with leafy Trg Generala Maistra and Rakušev trg to the north, would be unremarkable except for the honeycomb of Vinag Wine Cellars below that cover an area of 20,000 sq metres and can store seven million litres of plonk. The cellars, dating from the early 19th century, are managed by the wine export company Vinag.
They are filled with old oak barrels, steel fermentation tanks and an 'archive' of vintage wine - all kept at a constant 15°C. There's a small cellar open to the public.
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Old Vine
About 150m east along the Pristan embankment is Maribor's most celebrated attraction, the so-called Old Vine, which is still producing between 35kg and 55kg of grapes and about 25L of red wine per year after being planted more than four centuries ago. It is tended by a city-appointed viticulturist, and the dark red Žametna Črnina (Black Velvet) is distributed to visiting dignitaries as 'keys' to Maribor in the form of 0.25L bottles designed by the celebrated Slovenian artist Oskar Kogoj.
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Maribor Castle
Maribor Castle, on the square's northeast corner, is a successor to the Piramida fortress of medieval times. The 15th-century castle contains a Knights' Hall (Viteška Dvorana) with a remarkably disproportionate ceiling painting, the baroque Loretska Chapel and a magnificent rococo staircase (1759), with pink walls, stucco work and figures arrayed on the banisters and visible though glass doors from the corner of Grajska ulica and Slovenska ulica.
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Cathedral of St John the Baptist
The imposing Cathedral of St John the Baptist dedicated to St John the Baptist, dates from the 13th century and shows elements of virtually every architectural style from Romanesque to modern (including some inept 19th-century attempts to 're-Gothicise' it). Of special interest are the flamboyant Gothic sanctuary and the choir stalls with reliefs showing scenes from the life of the patron saint.
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Slomškov Trg
South of City Park is Slomškov Trg, named after Anton Martin Slomšek (1800-62), the Slovenian bishop and politician who was beatified by the late Pope John Paul II in 1999, the first Slovene to earn such distinction. That's him seated in front of the cathedral just southwest of the light pillar, a 16th-century lantern that once stood in the churchyard.
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Glavni trg
Maribor's marketplace in the Middle Ages, Glavni trg is just north of the river and the main bridge crossing it. In the centre of the square is perhaps the most extravagant plague pillar found anywhere in Central Europe. Behind it is the town hall built in 1565 by Venetian craftsmen living in Styria. Running north from Glavni trg is pedestrianised Gosposka ulica.
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Plague Pillar
Maribor's marketplace in the Middle Ages, Glavni trg is just north of the river and the main bridge crossing it. In the centre of the square is perhaps the most extravagant Plague Pillar found anywhere in Central Europe. Designed by Jožef Straub and erected in 1743, it includes the Virgin Mary surrounded by half a dozen saints.
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National Liberation Museum
Two blocks north of the castle is a stunning 19th-century mansion housing the National Liberation Museum, whose collections document Slovenia's struggle for freedom throughout the 20th century, with particular emphasis on work of the Pohorje Partisans during the Nazi occupation.
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Vinag
The wine cellars in trg Svobode, dating from the early 19th century, are managed by the wine export company Vinag. The wine shop here has a large selection of local vintages, including Mariborčan, Laški Rizling, Chardonnay, Traminer and Gold Muscatel.
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Minorite Monastery
South of the Fine Arts Gallery and across Koroška cesta is Maribor's market and the dilapidated remains of the 13th-century Minorite Monastery, closed by Joseph II in 1784 and used as a military barracks until 1927.
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Piramida
To the northeast of City Park is Piramida (386m), where the titans of Marchburg once held sway and a chapel now takes pride of place. There's some lovely residential architecture in the streets around the park.
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City Park
North of Maribor's Old Town is City Park: a lovely arboretum with three ponds, swans and a bandstand. It also contains a small Aquarium-Terrarium with 45 small tanks filled with tropical fish and reptiles.
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Water Tower
About 300m east is the pentagonal Water Tower, a 16th-century defence tower. Just north of it a set of steps lead to Židovska ulica (Jewish St), the centre of the Jewish district in the Middle Ages.
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Judgement Tower
To the south of the Minorite Monastery along the riverfront is the round Judgement Tower, the first of four defence towers still standing, with curious friezes on the south side.
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Column of St Florian
The centre of the Old Town, this square is graced with the 17th-century Column of St Florian, dedicated to the patron saint of fire fighters.
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Fine Arts Gallery
The Fine Arts Gallery, southwest of Slomškov trg, has a relatively rich collection of modern works by Slovene artists.
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Town Hall
Behind the plague pillar in Glavni trg is the Town Hall built in 1565 by Venetian craftsmen living in Styria.
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Aquarium-Terrarium
City Park contains a small Aquarium-Terrarium with 45 small tanks filled with tropical fish and reptiles.
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University Library
The grand building across Slomškov Trg to the west is the University Library.
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Light Pillar
The Light Pillar is a 16th-century lantern that once stood in the churchyard.
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Photo Gallery
The square Jewish Tower dating from 1465 is now a Photo Gallery.
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Jewish Tower
The square Jewish Tower dating from 1465 is now a photo gallery.
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