1. Tourist information centre at the Punkl Youth Hostel

The Ravne Tourist Information Centre is located in the Punkl Youth Hostel – the first Slovenian youth hostel to feature an architecturally distinctive wooden construction. Sustainably designed, it takes into account the natural and bioclimatic conditions and also offers a swimming pool and wellness facilities.

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2. Forma Viva Forma Viva

The works from the international sculpture symposium Forma Viva, which accompany you on your way around Ravne, are the first permanent collection of large-scale steel sculptures in an outdoor setting. 36 of the works can also be explored via an online app, available at www.frv.si.

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3. Castle park

In the 19th century, the Counts of Thurn landscaped the castle park with a variety of native and rare exotic trees and shrubs. The naturally planted park with walking paths is a monument of designed nature. It also contains the Prežihov Vorenc monument, a work by the sculptor Drago Tršar.

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4. Ravne castle

The castle, which has overlooked the town centre for about 500 years, was given a neo-Baroque look in the 19th century. The castle’s former stables house a permanent museum collection, which presents the history of the Mežica Valley. It is also the venue for exhibitions of the Art Salon Gallery. In addition to paintings from the art colony, small sculptures are also on display.

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5. Ravne castle lapidarium, , exhibition of the Carinthian Regional Museum

The chapel of Ravne Castle houses a lapidarium of Roman stone monuments from the Zagrad archaeological site. Finds from the 2nd and 3rd centuries include a relief slab with two mourning figures, a tombstone with a scribe and a square with a relief of a nymph.

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6. Ethnological collection

The museum in the castle presents the stories of the Mežica Valley. Here you can enter, among other things, a replica of a so-called “chimney kitchen” (which came before the “black kitchens”) that were still in use on farms in the 20th century. Learn about rural architecture, working habits and customs, interesting tools and utensils – including a wooden washing machine from the early 20th century.

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7. Dr. Franc Sušnik Central Carinthian Library

The castle rooms are home to the Dr. Franz Sušnik Central Carinthian Library. They house the memorial rooms of Lovro Kuhar – Prežihov Voranc, Leopold Suhadolčan, Dr. Franc Kotnik and the bukovniki – the simple people who, from the 16th century onwards, took care of manuscript records and transcriptions. The library also features a collection of castle furniture.

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8. Castle Newspaper Café Eleonora

Opened in 2021, the café is distinguished by its availability of newspapers and a selection of selected drinks and unique desserts. The café is named after Eleonora Thurn, born Thurn Valsassin, the youngest granddaughter of the last Count of Ravne.

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9. Church Of St. Anthony hhe Recluse

The church, dating from the late 14th and early 15th century, was rebuilt during the Baroque period in the 17th century. The eastern choir section and the painting of the north wall of the chancel are preserved from the original building. These frescoes, an important monument of medieval creativity, were painted around 1400. They were probably painted by the itinerant painter Master of Nonče village.

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10. Štauharija, Ironmaking Museum

The oldest preserved buildings of the Ravne Ironworks (Štauharija, residential premises and the laboratory) are a cultural monument. They house a museum display of interesting ironworks equipment and machinery, various ironworks products, items from different areas of the ironworkers’ life, documents and photographs.

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11. Mother factory – Ravne ironworks

The exhibition in the Štauharija (former forge) presents the history, development and importance of the Ravne Ironworks for the development of the town and the region. The exhibition includes an interactive game with magnets to stimulate children’s curiosity.

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12. Guštanj Square

Until 1952, when it was granted the status of a town by merging several settlements, Ravne na Koroškem were named Guštanj – after the castle which was first mentioned in 1281. The medieval market square was an important feudal and trading centre. There were at least ten castle buildings in the wider area of the former square.

13. St. Egidius Church

The late Romanesque church on the pier in the heart of the square probably dates back to the late 13th century and was rebuilt in 1622 and 1680 with rich Baroque furnishings. It features five Baroque altars. There are several late Renaissance and early Baroque tombstones in the church.

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14. Lečnik Inn

This popular family-run inn with a century-old tradition is renowned for its excellent locally-sourced dishes with meat from their butcher’s shop and for their typical Carinthian dishes.

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15. Kvoče noodles

Among the flavours of Carinthia, it’s worth mentioning the spicy or sweet doughy pockets with a filling of dried pears, called kvoče noodles. In the Mežiška Valley, pears are called klocne.