Turizem Ljubljana CGP 2017

5.13 Brošura v velikosti 210x100 mm: posebni interes

Plečnik’s Ljubljana

At the time of Roman hegemony, from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD, the settlement on the site of present day Ljubljana was called Emona. Subsequently Emona was frequently invaded by the Barbarians and, in 452 AD, was finally destroyed by the Huns under Attila. The Slavs began to settle in this territory in the 6th century AD. Little is known of the first Slav colonisation, but ancient Slavonic graves found in different parts of Ljubljana confirm the gradual development of their settlement. The first feudal rule was established in the Ljubljana region around the year 1000 AD and Ljubljana became its centre. Ljubljana is first mentioned in written sources somewhere between the years 1112 and 1125, its historical rise beginning in the 13th century when it became the Capital of the Province of Carniola. In 1335 it came under Hapsburg rule. From the end of the Middle Ages onwards the town gradually assumed the role of the Slovene cultural capital. Slovene Protestantism, as the most powerful social movement of the 16th century, was a major influence in this. Ljubljana was then the meeting place of the nationally conscious. Primož Trubar, who gave the Slovenes their first printed book in 1550, worked here and many years later, France Prešeren and Ivan Cankar, two important figures in the struggle for the cultural and political freedom of the Slovene nation, produced their works here. In 1693 a scientific academy, the Academia operosorum Labacensis, was founded. It was established on the model of Italian scientific academies, and among other things, gave an incentive for the building of the first public library. Academia operosorum, which associated theologists, lawyers, physicians and philosophers, was merged with Academia incoltorum (for the fine arts) and Academia philharmonicorum in 1701. With the establishment of these academies Ljubljana became an important cultural and scientific centre with links to Italy and Central Europe. Academia philharmonicorum fostered Italian music and a small orchestra was founded – one of the first outside Italy. The honorary members of the Philharmonic Society, which, towards the end of the 18th century stemmed from the traditions of this orchestra, were Haydn, Beethoven, Paganini and Brahms; subsequently, the orchestra was also conducted by Mahler.

Left: Tromostrovje (Triple Bridge)

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