2 euro coins 2022 Slovenija – Joze Plecnik

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150th anniversary of the birth of architect Jože Plečnik

As soon as he was offered the chance, he opted to return to his native Ljubljana. After the founding of Slovenia’s first university, the University of Ljubljana, in 1919, Plečnik was offered the position of professor of architecture at the Technical Faculty, where he began work in the 1921/22 academic year and continued until his death. During that time, in the city he carried out to a great extent his vision of transforming Ljubljana into a national capital along the lines of cities of Antiquity. He took what had already been built and with careful consideration enhanced it. Between 1921 and 1957, he wove into the web of the city a series of extraordinary buildings, including the National and University Library, the Church of St Francis of Assisi, the open market, the Žale cemetery and bridges over the Ljubljanica. In his designs, he zealously studied Antiquity, and out of classical architectural elements he created his own architectural idiom. On 28 July 2021, selected works of his in Ljubljana were entered on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.