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Prešeren Square (Ljubljana)
Prešeren Square () is the central square in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is part of the old town's pedestrian zone and a major meeting point where festivals (like the annual Ljubljana Dragon Carnival), concerts, sports, political events, and protests take place. It was redesigned according to plans by Edvard Ravnikar from a funnel-shaped to a circular form in 1987–88 and renovated in 2007. Location Lying in front of the medieval town's entrance, the square is a funnel-shaped hub of streets that run from it into different directions. To the south, across the Triple Bridge (), it is connected to Stritar Street (), which leads through a symbolic town gate formed by the Kresija Palace and Philip Mansion towards the city's town hall at the foothills of the Castle Hill. To the northwest, it is connected to Čop Street (), which leads towards the Central Post Office and the Nama department store. To the north, Miklosich Street () runs past a number of notable Sec ...
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Urbanc House
Urbanc is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dejan Urbanč (born 1984), Slovenian footballer * Rok Urbanc (born 1985), Slovenian ski jumper {{Short pages monitor ...
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Dragon Bridge (Ljubljana)
The Dragon Bridge (, historically also ) is a road bridge located in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It crosses the Ljubljanica River.The Dragon Bridge
the city's official tourist site.
Ljubljana – A lively city, safe under the wings of a dragon
''International Associations of Business Communicators (IABC)''
between Kopitar Street () and Ressel Street (), to the north of the Ljubljana Central Market at Vodnik Square. It was built in the beginning of the 20th century, when Ljubljana was part of the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire ...
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Trubar Street
Trubar may refer to: *Trubar, Bihać, a village in Bihać municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina *Trubar massacre, a civilian massacre committed by Chetniks on 27 July 1941 *Primož Trubar Primož Trubar or Primus Truber () (1508 – 28 June 1586) was a Slovene Protestant Reformer of the Lutheran tradition, mostly known as the author of the first Slovene language printed book, the founder and the first superintendent of the Prot ...
(1508–1586), Protestant reformer {{disambiguation, surname ...
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Central Pharmacy (Ljubljana)
The Ljubljana Central Pharmacy (), or shortly the Central Pharmacy (), is one of the most prominent buildings at Prešeren Square (), the central square of the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. It is also known as Mayer Palace () or . It houses the city's central pharmacy. The Neo-Renaissance building is located between Trubar Street () and the Petkovšek Embankment (). It was designed in 1896–97 by Ferdinand Hauser and was built before the end of the century by Gustav Tönnies, whereas the façade was carried out by Filip Supančič. Until World War II, the building also housed a cafe named the Prešeren Cafe () after the poet France Prešeren France Prešeren () (3 December 1800 – 8 February 1849) was a 19th-century Romantic Slovene poet whose poems have been translated into many languages.
(1800–1849).


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Zois Mansion
Zois Mansion () is a mansion in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It stands in the Center District, at Breg, a street on the west (left) bank of the Ljubljanica, between Teutonic Street () to the north and Zois Street () to the south. The mansion served as residence of Baron Sigmund Zois, a leading figure of Enlightenment in the Slovene Lands of the Austrian monarchy and supporter of the revival of Slovene culture and literature. The mansion was built between 1765 and 1805, combining until 1770 four older buildings, and then in 1805 another one. The facade was redesigned in the neoclassicist style in 1798. The monumental stone portal dates to 1589 and was made by the manson Abondio di Donino for the building of the town warehouse. It was redesigned in the 18th century, except for the keystone that has been built into facade left of the main entrance. It bears a relief of the coat of arms of the town that has also been ascribed to Donino. Right of the main entrance, there is ...
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Mansion Square
A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin">-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word ''manse'' originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, but a mansion is usually no longer self-sustaining in this way (compare a Roman or medieval villa). ''Manor house, Manor'' comes from the same root—territorial holdings granted to a lord who would "remain" there. Following the fall of Rome, the practice of building unfortified villas ceased. Today, the oldest inhabited mansions around the world usually began their existence as fortified houses in the Middle Ages. As social conditions slowly changed and stabilized fortifications were able to be reduced, and over the centuries gave way to com ...
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Hribar Embankment
Hribar is a Slovene surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ivan Hribar (1851–1941), Slovenian banker, politician, diplomat and journalist *Spomenka Hribar Spomenka Hribar (born 25 January 1941) is a Slovenian author, philosopher, sociologist, politician, columnist, and public intellectual. She was one of the most influential Slovenian intellectuals in the 1980s, and was frequently called "the Firs ... (born 1941), Slovenian philosopher and writer * Tine Hribar (born 1941), Slovenian philosopher * Vida Jeraj Hribar (1902–2002), Slovenian classical violinist * Sašo Hribar (1960–2023), Slovenian radio and television personality, comedian See also * {{surname, Hribar Slovene-language surnames ...
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Congress Square
Congress Square () is one of the central squares in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. In the late 1930s, the square was renovated by the prominent Slovene architect Jože Plečnik. Since August 2021, it has been inscribed as part of Plečnik's legacy on the UNESCO World Heritage List. History The square was built in 1821 at the site of the ruins of a medieval Capuchin monastery, which had been abolished during the reign of Habsburg Emperor Joseph II. The square was used for ceremonial purposes during the post-Napoleonic Congress of Ljubljana, after which it was named. After the congress, a park was laid out in the center of the square, which soon acquired the name Star Park (, ) due to its layout. During the communist period it was renamed Revolution Square () and a few years later Liberation Square (), but the local population continued to use the old name. In 1990, it regained its original name. The square has had a highly symbolic role in modern Slovenian history. O ...
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Bank Austria
UniCredit Bank Austria AG, branded and widely referred to as Bank Austria, is an Austrian bank, 99,9965% owned by Milan-based pan-European banking group UniCredit. Bank Austria was formed in 1991 by merger of Vienna's Länderbank and Zentralsparkasse, acquired Creditanstalt-Bankverein in 1997, and merged with it to form Bank Austria-Creditanstalt (BA-CA) in 2002. Its name reverted to Bank Austria in 2008, as UniCredit, the bank's owner since 2005, phased out the history-laden Creditanstalt brand. History Bank Austria was formed in 1991 by the merger of the troubled Länderbank and Vienna's Zentralsparkasse, in practice a takeover of the former by the latter led by its general director ; the merged entity became Austria's largest bank. In 1996, the Austrian government announced the privatization of Creditanstalt-Bankverein, in which it held a majority stake. In January 1997, Bank Austria acquired the stake for about 1.25 billion euros. In turn, Bank Austria sold a majority s ...
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Mayer Department Store
Mayer may refer to: *Mayer (name) Places * C. Mayer (crater), named after Christian Mayer * Mayer, Syria * Mayer, Arizona, United States * Mayer, Minnesota, United States * Mayersville, Mississippi, United States * Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canada * T. Mayer (crater), named after Tobias Mayer Companies * Mayer Brown, an international law firm * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a motion picture production company * Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C., a U.S. CPA firm * Mayers Murray & Phillip, an architectural firm * Oscar Mayer, a meat company * Victor Mayer, a German jewelry manufacturer Other * Meyer, one of a number of stock musical phrases known collectively as Galant Schemata * Mayer Authority, European consortium (1955–1958) led by René Mayer * Mayer expansion * Mayer's Relation * Mayer f-function * Mayer-Norton theorem * Mayer-Vietoris sequence See also * Mayers (surname) * * Maya (other) * Mayor (other) * Meyer (other) * Meir (other) * Myer (dis ...
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Wolf Street
The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, though grey wolves, as popularly understood, only comprise naturally-occurring wild subspecies. The wolf is the largest wild extant member of the family Canidae, and is further distinguished from other ''Canis'' species by its less pointed ears and muzzle, as well as a shorter torso and a longer tail. The wolf is nonetheless related closely enough to smaller ''Canis'' species, such as the coyote and the golden jackal, to produce fertile hybrids with them. The wolf's fur is usually mottled white, brown, grey, and black, although subspecies in the arctic region may be nearly all white. Of all members of the genus ''Canis'', the wolf is most specialized for cooperative game hunting as demonstrated by its physical adaptations to tackling large prey, ...
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