Architecture sights in Slovenia
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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.
On the south wall is a lapidarium of tombstones dating from the Middle Ages and nearby the Fountain of St John Nepomuk, with a stone statue of the 14th-century Bohemian martyr complete with a dolef…
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Cathedral of St George
The Renaissance and baroque Cathedral of St George stands on a ridge north of Tartinijev trg above the sea. To the east runs a 200m stretch of the 15th-century town walls complete with loopholes. They once ran from the sea all the way to the harbour, and seven crenellated towers are still intact.
The church was founded in 1344 and was rebuilt in baroque style in 1637. It is currently undergoing a massive rebuilding, and visitors are allowed only into the choir to view the magnificent marble altar and star-vaulted ceiling.
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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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Bell Tower
The cathedral's freestanding Bell Tower, built in 1608, was clearly modelled on the campanile of San Marco in Venice and can be climbed daily for excellent views of the town and harbour. Next to it, the octagonal 17th-century baptistery (krstilnica) contains altars, paintings and a Roman sarcophagus from the 2nd century later used as a baptismal font.
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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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Parish Church of St Peter
East of Linhartov trg is the Gothic Parish Church of St Peter, a hall church modelled after the one in Kranj. The three portals are flamboyant Gothic, and the sculptures inside were done by Angelo Pozzo in 1713. The building with the arcaded courtyard south of the church is the rectory (župnišče).
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Minorite Monastery
On your way up to Tartinijev trg are the Minorite Monastery with a wonderful cloister and the Church of St Francis Assisi built originally in the early 14th century but enlarged and renovated over the centuries. Inside are ceiling frescoes, a giant clam shell for donations and the Tartini family's burial plot.
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Cathedral of the Assumption
Opposite the Armoury in Titov trg is the Cathedral of the Assumption and its 36m-tall belfry, now called the City Tower. The cathedral, partly Romanesque and Gothic but mostly dating from the 18th century, has a white classical interior with a feeling of space and light that belies the sombre exterior.
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Parish Museum of St George
Church plate, paintings and an unusual statue of St George slaying the dragon, with a woman curiously holding the monster by a lead, can be seen in the Parish Museum of St George attached to the Cathedral of St George. The Parish Museum contains church plate, paintings and a lapidary in the crypt.
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Church of St Clement
Just behind Punta lighthouse, the round, serrated tower of the Church of St Clement, originally built in the 13th century but altered 500 years later, evokes the ancient beacon from which Piran got its name.
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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 St Nicholas
On the north side of Kidričeva ulica there are several disused churches from the 16th century, including the Church of St Nicholas.
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Temple of Hercules
Between the Capuchin Church of St Cecilia and City Park is the reconstructed Roman Temple of Hercules dating from the 2nd century AD.
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City Tower
Opposite the Armoury in Titov trg is the Cathedral of the Assumption and its 36m-tall belfry, now called the City Tower.
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Church of St Peter
To the east of Tartinijev trg is the Church of St Peter (1818), which contains the restored 14th-century Piran Crucifix.
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University Library
The grand building across Slomškov Trg to the west is the University Library.
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Parish Church of St Peter
East of Linhartov trg is the Gothic Parish Church of St Peter, a hall church modelled after the one in Kranj. The three portals are flamboyant Gothic, and the sculptures inside were done by Angelo Pozzo in 1713. The building with the arcaded courtyard south of the church is the rectory (župnišče).
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