Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Railway Museum
(Železniški Muzej;
www.slo-zeleznice.si
; Parmova ulica 35; adult/senior, student & child €3.50/
2.50; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun; 14 Parmova)
A boiler room full of locomotives (one going back to 1861), car-
riages, uniforms and signalling equipment, located north of Center.
TRG REPUBLIKE
'Republic Sq' is Center's main plaza. Unfortunately, it is basically a car park dominated
by a pair of glowering, grey tower blocks - TR3, housing offices and embassies, and the
headquarters of Nova Ljubljanska Banka - and a couple of garish revolutionary monu-
ments.
HISTORIC BUILDING
Parliament Building
( to arrange a tour 478 97 88;
www.dz-rs.si
; Šubičeva ulica 4; tours by prior ar-
rangement)
The renovated parliament building, built between 1954 and 1959 at the north-
east corner of the square, is no beauty-pageant winner on the outside but the mammoth
portal festooned with bronze sculptures is noteworthy. If you can time it right, it's worth
booking a guided tour to see the inside, especially the period-piece mural by Slavko Pen-
gov.
Cankarjev Dom
( 241 71 00;
www.cd-cc.si
; Prešernova cesta 10)
The city's premier cultural and con-
ference centre squats behind the TR3 building to the southwest.
CULTURAL CENTRE
Ferant Garden
( 241 25 06; Erjavčeva cesta 18; by appointment Apr-Oct)
Behind Cankarjev Dom
is this garden, with the remains of an early Christian church porch and baptistery with mo-
saics from the 4th century visible from the locked gate. To visit you must first contact the
City Museum. Opposite and to the west of the Cankarjev Dom are the remains of a
Ro-
HISTORIC REMNANTS
