St. Bartholomew's Church ( sl, cerkev sv. Jerneja) — referred to by locals as the Old Church (, which gave its name to a nearby Ljubljana city bus stop) — is a

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filial church and one of the oldest church buildings in

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History

The church was first mentioned in 1370, when representatives of the

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and Leopold III and Albert III of Habsburg concluded a peace treaty in front of it on 30 October 1370, in which the Austrians agreed to return the city of

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for the compensation of 75,000 florins. In 1526, its valuables were donated to a fund for improving the city's defenses against Turkish attacks. At the end of the 15th century and beginning of the 16th, it was a venue of

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liturgy, but during the Slovene Counter-Reformation in 1618, it was reclaimed as a

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church. In 1825, it was damaged by fire and restored several times.

Architecture

Some elements of the original

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have been preserved, among them the portal on the northern side. Between 1933-36, the church was redesigned according to plans by

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and was in 2009 added on the

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as a cultural monument of national significance under the number 2000.

Events

On the Sunday nearest to St. Bartholomew's Day (24 August) - known as Mosquito Sunday - stalls selling gingerbread, pottery as well as basketry and other wickerwork lined the main road here. Parades and fetes, which attracted hundreds of people, were also once held beside this church.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ljubljana Roman Catholic churches in Ljubljana 14th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Slovenia Jože Plečnik buildings Stone churches