Main Square, Maribor
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Maribor
Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
, also known as Glavni trg, used to be home to Maribor Slovenia's merchants' and on the upper side of the square is home to an open market.
Notable buildings
- Maribor Town HallMaribor Town HallMaribor Town Hall is the town hall of Maribor, Slovenia. It is situated on the town's Main Square .Built in 1515, it was remodeled in Renaissance style between 1563 and 1565...
- Renaissance architectureRenaissance architectureRenaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture. Stylistically, Renaissance...
-built in 1515. - Plague MemorialPlague Memorial, MariborThe Plague Memorial is a monument in Main Square of the city of Maribor, Slovenia, erected by "pious burghers" in gratitude for the end of a 1680 plague epidemic that had claimed a third of the city's population....
External links
- Maribor.uni
- http://www.novomesto.si/si/turizem/znamenitosti/spomeniki/trg/