Travel Reference
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The centre of the Old Town, this square is graced with the 17th-century
Column of St
Knights' Hall (Viteška Dvorana) with a remarkable painted ceiling, the baroque Loretska
Chapel and a magnificent rococo staircase. It also hosts the
Maribor Regional Museum
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( 228 35 51;
www.pmuzej-mb.si
;
Grajski trg; adult/child €3/2;
9am-4pm Tue-Sat, 9am-2pm Sun)
, which has one of the richest collections in Slove-
nia. The buiding is undergoing renovations, so be advised that some parts of the collection
may be off limits.
On the ground floor there are archaeological, clothing and ethnographic exhibits, in-
cluding 19th-century beehive panels painted with biblical scenes from the Mislinja and
Drava Valleys, models of Štajerska-style hayracks, Kurent costumes and wax ex-voto of-
ferings from the area around Ptuj. Upstairs there are rooms devoted to Maribor's history
and its guilds and crafts, a fascinating 18th-century pharmacy, and altar paintings and
sculptures from the 15th to the 18th centuries. Taking pride of place are the exquisite
statues by Jožef Straub (1712-56) taken from the Church of St Joseph in Studenci.
National Liberation Museum
(Muzej Narodne Osvoboditve; 235 26 00;
www.muzejno-mb.si
; Ulica Heroja Tomšiča
5; adult/child €1.50/1; 8am-6pm Mon-Fri, 9am-noon Sat)
Housed in a stunning 19th-
century mansion, the collections here document Slovenia's struggle for freedom
throughout the 20th century, with particular emphasis on the work of the Pohorje Partisans
during the Nazi occupation.
MUSEUM
City Park
City Park (Mestni Park) is a lovely arboretum with 150 species of trees and three ponds.
Here you'll find the small but diverting
Maribor Aquarium-Terrarium
(Akvarij-Terarij
Maribor; 234 96 63;
www.florina.si/akvarij-terarij
;
Ulica Heroja Staneta 19; adult/
child €4/3.20; 8am-7pm Mon-Fri, 9am-noon & 2-7pm Sat & Sun)
. To the northeast is
Piramida
(386m), where the titans of Marchburg once held sway and a chapel now takes
pride of place.
PARK
Slomškov Trg
SQUARE
