Združenje zgodovinskih mest Slovenije

Celje

The town of Princess and Counts

Romantic streets in the old city centre, green hideaways for discreet conversations in the city park, imposing architecture showing the diversity of the city’s history, the colourfulness of the present day and their links revealed by the museums, galleries and theatre – all this awaits right in the city centre. A diversity of experiences in a small area is what gives Celje, the city of princes, its special charm. In Celje everything is just a few steps away.

IMPOSING CITY OF PRINCES

Celje was home to one of the leading medieval families in Europe, so its main features of interest are linked to the Celje princes. Come and see: the Old Castle Celje – with guided experiences of recreated castle tales of love, jealousy, marriages, chivalry and wars;

Princes` Court – a luxurious city residence of the House of Celje dating from the 15th century, once surrounded by walls and moats, now with an archaeological basement under the mansion displaying the remains of Roman Celeia;

the Water Tower – a remnant of the city walls which the people of Celje started building after it won town rights;

the Chapel of the Sorrowful Mother of God – with its Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows – a late 14th century chapel featuring a Gothic stone Pietà;

Church of the Assumption – with its family vault of the Celje princes;

People `s Savings and Loans Bank – one of the finest city buildings, constructed to the design of the famous architect Jože Plečnik;

National Hall – built at the end of the 19th century as a cultural and political gathering place for Slovenians in Celje;

Celje Hall – built as a centre for the Celje Germans as a counterweight to the Slovenian Narodni Dom.

UNIQUE MUSEUMS

This city of princely history painstakingly preserves its valuables, and is creating new experiences for future generations. Visit:

the Regional Museum – in the Stara Grofija (Old Counts’ Mansion), with its famous Celje ceiling, the most outstanding Slovenian painting from the period between the Renaissance and the Baroque, showcasing development from prehistory to the beginning of the 20th century;

the Museum of Recent History – which presents the cultural heritage of the region from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day;

Herman’s Den Children’s Museum – the only children’s museum in Slovenia, operating in part of the Celje Museum of Recent History.

The glass photo studio of Josip Pelikan – a 19th century studio, is among the best preserved in Europe;

Likovni Salon Celje Gallery – the work of individual Slovenian and foreign artists;

Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art – an exhibition of studies by individual artists whose work over a long period has contributed significantly to the development of Slovenian fine art;

Račka Gallery of Erotic Art – the only Slovenian gallery of the erotic, intended for art dealing in one way or another with erotic themes.

GREEN: RESPONSIBLE WASTE MANAGEMENT

Celje is a city of environmental projects. In recent years it has built a large-capacity treatment facility and a state-of-the-art waste handling centre. Both green points of the city are open for tours by private groups.

SECRETS OF CELJE’S OLD CASTLE

The Old Castle (Stari Grad) of Celje is supposed to have been connected to the city and surroundings via four tunnels. The first, which led past the walls, was supposedly high enough to ride through, without the horseman having to duck at any point. The second tunnel led to a tower that was part of the city walls, and the third led right to the centre of the city, while the fourth, the biggest of all, supposedly ran under the hill by the Savinja River on which the castle once stood.

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