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The manor was built in the Middle Ages as a simple wooden fort intended for defense against the Turks. In the Renaissance, the building was rebuilt and the manor became a representative residence of the nobility. In the Baroque period, with the rise of the…

The Orpheus monument, along with the Ptuj veduta, has long been a symbol of the oldest Slovenian city. A magnificent marble tombstone from the 2nd century stands in the very center of the old city center on Slovenské trg in front of the city tower.…

The Minorite Monastery in Ptuj is one of the most important buildings in the old town center, which closes the old part of the city on the Minorite Square to the west. The lower part of the square is closed by a monolithic white monastery…

The Mihelič Gallery is named after the great Slovenian artist France Mihelič, who donated his extensive graphic collection and his entire artistic legacy on paper to Ptuj. It is housed in an old tower along the Drava, built in 1551, which was once part of…

Matija Murko was born in Drstelja in the parish of St. Urban. He attended folk school at home and in Ptuj. All his life he was grateful that his father enrolled him at the age of ten in the fourth grade of the German school…

The Dominican monastery was founded in 1230 with the support of Salzburg Archbishop Eberhard II. founded by Matilda, widow of Frederick III. of Ptuj, a member of the rich and influential noble family of the lords of Ptuj, who significantly contributed to the prosperity of…

The most impressive building on the square is definitely the town hall and its architect was the renowned Austrian architect Max von Ferstel (1859-1936) from Vienna, who was famous for designing historicist buildings. Its inscription above the portal announces that the building was built in…

Church of St. Jurij in Ptuj is one of the most interesting cultural monuments in Slovenia. It stands on Slovenski trg, or on the southeastern (SE) outskirts of the oldest part of Ptuj, on the outskirts of castle hill, or on the edge of the…

Castle hill has been inhabited since the 5th millennium BC. The inhabitants of ancient Petoviona built a fortress and sanctuaries on it, and in the early Middle Ages there was a Slavic burial ground here. The medieval fortress was built in the 11th century, when…