In the middle of Slomškov trg in Maribor stands the church of St John the Baptist. The building, Romanesque in conception, today shows a predominantly Gothic character, and its magnificent interior with…

In a small Alpine basin in the foothills of the Savinja Alps, the Patriarch of Aquileia Peregrin founded in 1140 the only Benedictine monastery on the territory of present-day Slovenia, which…

In the central part of the Mirna valley stands one of the finest monuments of high Gothic in Slovenia, the church of St Rupert. The interior of the church is marked by a system of star…

On a rocky rise above the village of Hrastovlje stands the well-known small Romanesque church of the Holy Trinity from the early 12th century. It is surrounded by a wall with two fortified towers, which…

The townscape of Ptuj is complemented in its own way by the architecturally very interesting building of the Dominican monastery. From the earliest period there survive…

The rise above Nova Gorica is graced by the famous Franciscan monastery from 1625. The monastery church is distinguished by rich stucco work, and in the crypt there is a tomb with…

The Pleterje Charterhouse at the foot of the Gorjanci, the only Carthusian monastery in Slovenia, was founded by Count Herman II of Celje. The oldest part of the monastery is the Gothic…

The monastic community of the Cistercans in Kostanjevica na Krki was founded in the 13th century by Bernard of Spanheim, and it operated in the monastery known today as…

Nova Štifta near Ribnica is known for the famous pilgrimage church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The sanctuary on a rise on the eastern side of the Ribnica field was built after…

By the karst springs in the settlement of Bistra, sheltered by greenery, Bistra Monastery found its place.   The present buildings of the castle complex bear traces of various…

The place where the Stična monastery was built was, according to tradition, shown by the singing of a mysterious bird, which is also immortalised in the monastery's coat of arms. The monastery with…

On the site of today's cathedral of St Nicholas, a Romanesque church dedicated to Nicholas, the patron of fishermen and boatmen, already stood in the mid-13th century. Later it was…

The complex of buildings on Žalostna Gora took shape and was added to over the centuries along with the growing importance of this pilgrimage centre in Dolenjska. The mighty altar…

The Carthusians from the mother monastery in France founded their first monastery in a non-Romance land around 1160 in Žiče. The first such institution in…

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