PRESS RELEASE
PROJECT TRANSROMANICA
“SLOVENIAN ROMANESQUE HERITAGE”
Klagenfurt, 29. June 2004-
Project TRANSROMANICA include 5 countries and regions (Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Province of Modena, Carinthia and Slovenia) for cooperating to build up a NETWORK OF THE ROMANESQUE IN EUROPE. Five Slovenian Romanesque sites were selected from great heritage and are going to form the core of the Slovenian part of the Transromanica with other regional highlights to bring them to market.
The Romanesque was a long period and an important stream of culture that has influenced substantially on the basis of culture, social and economic development in Slovenia. On the basis of Romanesque historical, cultural and architectural inventory, the sights can be gathered into:
Romanesque architecture was the first that took traces in Slovenia, where a numerous monuments were built:
- monasteries, cathedrals and churches in Stična, Žiče, Jurklošter, Koper, Piran, Hrastovlje, Dravograd, Maribor, Šmartno na Pohorju, Kostanjevica na Krki, Bohinj
- castles in Ptuj, Podsreda, Brestanica, Slovenske Konjice, Kamnik, Kranj, Bled, Izlake, Laško, Planina pri Sevnici, Hmeljnik, Podgrad, Socerb, Prem, Črnomelj
- urban centers in towns and villages with houses, portals, etc. in Koper, Kranj, Radovljice, Slovenske Konjice
Slovenian 5 Romanesque Highlights :
- STIČNA: CISTERCIAN MONASTERY
- PODSREDA: CASTLE
- KOPER – HRASTOVLJE: CATHEDRAL OF THE ASSUMPTION, BAPTISTRY, ST.ELIA’S ROTUNDA, PERKAVEC’S HOUSE & A CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY
- LAŠKO – JURKLOŠTER: ST. MARTIN’S CHURCH& MONASTERY OF THE CARTHUSIAN MONKS AND ST. MAURICE’S CHURCH
- PTUJ: CASTLE, ST.GEORGE’S CHURCH
1. STIČNA: CISTERCIAN MONASTERY
Stična monastery was one of the first and very important for cultural development of Slovenes and serves as the oldest existing Cistercian monastery in the South East part of Europe. Monastery is a whole complex surrounded with medieval walls, rebuilt in the time of Renaissance. South of the church are cloisters with romanesque shape and side pillars, gothic vaults and remains of original chapter house.
2. PODSREDA: CASTLE
Castle Podsreda lies near Podčetrtek and is one of the oldest castles in Slovenia. Hörberg or Herberch, as the castle used to be called, was erected in the first half of the 12th century. Somewhere about 1180, a high defensive tower - the keep - was added, then, about 1220, the southern palatium (wing), and about 1260, another tower with a chapel. Since 1983, the castle has been systematically renovated. In castle take place several traditional concerts, entertainment and several exhibitions.
3. KOPER– HRASTOVLJE: CATHEDRAL OF THE ASSUMPTION, BAPTISTRY, ST.ELIA’S ROTUNDA, PERKAVEC’S HOUSE & A CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY
The Cathedral is the oldest sacral monument in Koper. The evidence of the style are immurated windows on the south wall and the reconstructed south gate which are today kept in the town museum. Inside is romanesque sarcophagus from the 14th century of St. Nazarij. Characteristic of the Cathedral is the facade all build up in a white istrian stone
Church of Holy Trinity in HRASTOVLJE has istrian romanesque style with famous frescoes Dance Macabre. The interior of the church was entirely painted in 1490.
4. LAŠKO – JURKLOŠTER: ST. MARTIN’S CHURCH& MONASTERY OF THE CARTHUSIAN MONKS AND ST. MAURICE’S CHURCH
ST. MARTIN’S CHURCH (established around 1170) in Laško is the most important monument of Laško. There is Romanesque church tower and a nave with a ribbed vault with square section ribs. The first Carthusian monks were French and Italian. The church and the defense tower are preserved today.
The construction of ST. MARTIN’S CHURCH IN LAŠKO reflects different periods of time, from the Preromanesque period to the 1930s’. Church has combination of different styles of architecture (Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque).
5. PTUJ: CASTLE, ST.GEORGE’S CHURCH
Castle Ptuj (Transition period to Romanesque, 10th century) is one of the biggest in Slovenia with early Romanesque tower on the west side and Romanesque palatium – residential part of the castle with 6 half rounded windows in the south wall originating from Romanesque.
Ptuj castle was considered until the end of Turkish invasions as one of the mightiest fortresses in this part of the country. The oldest archaeological findings are from the end of the III. millennium B.C. (Stone Age or the Early Copper Age). After World War II, the castle turned into a imposing museum. |
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