Gruberjeva palaca, description and photos - Slovenia: Ljubljana (Topic)

Gruberjeva palaca description and photos - Slovenia: Ljubljana. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Gruberjeva palaca.

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The Grubber Palace received its name in honor of its creator, a Jesuit monk, high-class engineer and architect Gabriel Grubber.

The author is an entertaining historical character in his own right, known far away outside Slovenia. From the age of 15 he was a member of the Jesuit Order, studied philosophy, mathematics, navigation, architecture and hydrodynamics. In the last two subjects, I became a fairly prominent specialist. He was even invited by the Austrian emperor Joseph II to the post of chief architect. It was on the order of this ruler that the palace was designed and built. The construction took eight years, while Grubber was engaged in the construction of another important facility in Ljubljana - the drainage canal, which changed the landscape of the city. Initially, it was planned to place the School of Hydraulics and Mechanics in the building. In fact, an astronomical observatory settled there.

In 1781, the construction of a beautiful three-storey building in the late Baroque style was completed. For the decoration of the interiors and the facade, plaster was used in the floral style fashionable in the 18th century. Thanks to her, the majestic building also looks elegant, confirming the status of the palace.

In this remarkable architectural monument, the internal staircase stands out - an unusual oval shape, leaving, as if "flying up", under the very dome of the palace. The dome was painted later, but the metaphorical drawings fit very well into the theme of the building. The author of these scenes from the life of traders and artisans is the Slovenian artist Andrei Janez Harline. And the walls of the prayer room, which the priest-architect provided, painted with biblical motifs by the famous Austrian religious painter Kremser Schmidt.

Now the National Archives of Slovenia is located here.

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