A Showcase of Styles

The architecture I encountered on the streets of Ljubljana was simply stunning. To be fair, by that I don’t necessarily mean that there were individual buildings that were truly of world-renown, commanding attention in their own right. Rather, it was that the city managed to hold within its confines so many little gems from various different eras and epochs – from the Baroque, Art Nouveau, Secessionism, right up to the Art Deco, Modernism and even Socialist Realism. Collectively, there was a real visual feast to explore and to admire.

Much of what we see today in Ljubljana stems from the work of famed local architect, Jože Plečnik, considered a pioneer of European modern architecture. He was responsible for shaping many parks and squares in the city, as well as for designing the famous Triple Bridge across the Ljubljanica river and the Colonnade market place across. Surely there are few cities in the world that bear the visible imprint of one single artist.

Here’s a nice selection of some of the buildings I stumbled upon this past weekend.

=