{"id":185,"date":"2022-04-18T20:53:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T20:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sloveniaguides.si\/?p=185"},"modified":"2025-02-06T19:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T19:20:45","slug":"unesco-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sloveniaguides.si\/en\/blog\/2022\/04\/18\/unesco-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Unesco heritage in Ljubljana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While walking along the cute street of our capital Ljubljana and talking about the architecture and life style many travelers asked us: \u201cIs this listed as UNESCO heritage?\u201d<\/p>\n<div>Until August this year, our answer was \u201cNo\u201d. Well, since summer 2021 the situation has changed. We are proud to inform you; finally, the works of our <a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1643\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exceptional architect Jo\u017ee Ple\u010dnik<\/a> are on this list of the most eminent world works.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jo%C5%BEe_Ple%C4%8Dnik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jo\u017ee Ple\u010dnik<\/a>, born in Ljubljana in 1872, was not so successful at local school, so as a late teenager helped his father in his workshop. His talent woke up and the destiny brought him to one of the most prominent Architectural Schools in those days: to Vienna and to professor Otto Wagner. His studies he finished with Excellency and he got an excellent prize: as a young man to travel for a year to France and Italy! Later on, he returned to Vienna, to Prague and finally, 100 year ago back to his birthplace Ljubljana.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He has been designing our bellowed city for the rest of his life, until 1957 when he died in his house in Trnovo, a must see district in Ljubljana.<\/div>\n<div>Jo\u017ee Ple\u010dnik was ascetic man, on one side hard working and stubborn, on the other side soft and with a great feeling for a human being. All this you will notice immediately when exploring around the city. A must visit are the riverbanks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YRE_yt6T5ck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ljubljanica river<\/a>, Congress Square, Vega Street, Bridge in Trnovo with his house, now a museum, Ljubljana\u2019s castle, cemetery \u017dale, as well as some local churches that are now UNESCO heritage.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you would like to hear some more interesting stories from the life of our master, we invite you to <a href=\"en\/tours-ljubljana\/architecture\/architekt-joze-plecnik\">spend your Ljubljana\u2019s time with us<\/a>, tourist guides- local experts.\u00a0 There is so much to be admired: not only in the city center, also in the area close by.<\/div>\n<div>In case you need a help with planning your tour, we invite you, to join us on one of <a href=\"https:\/\/sloveniaguides.si\/en\/2019\/11\/09\/language-literature-identity\/\">our live-streamed tours or off site online pre tour consultation<\/a>. We would like to help you organize a most memorable time in Ljubljana or even the rest of Slovenia.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>DOBRODO\u0160LI, welcome!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While walking along the cute street of our capital Ljubljana and talking about the architecture and life style many travelers asked us: \u201cIs this listed as UNESCO heritage?\u201d Until August this year, our answer was \u201cNo\u201d. Well, since summer 2021 the situation has changed. 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