TOWN STORIES
Stories
Short and longer stories about buildings, people, events and places that have shaped Laško over the centuries.
Spa House
The splendour of a historic spa, elegantly woven together with the natural power of Laško's thermal waters.
Read story →STORY 2Sokol Hall
Sokol pride woven into the cultural heart of the town.
Read story →STORY 3Monument to Primož Trubar
The permanence of the Slovenian word captured in an artistic tribute to Primož Trubar.
Read story →STORY 4Monument to Anton Aškerc
An uncompromising sense of justice blended with poetic memories of journeys to the East.
Read story →STORY 5National Liberation War Memorial
A memorial dedicated to the victims of the National Liberation War in Laško.
Read story →STORY 6Weather Pavilion
A small jewel of Plečnik-inspired architecture and one of those intimate corners of Laško worth stopping for.
Read story →STORY 7Gambrinus, King of Beer
A distinctive symbol of Laško and its brewing tradition.
Read story →STORY 8Chapel of St John of Nepomuk
A symbol of fidelity, patron of raftsmen and guardian of the town against floods.
Read story →STORY 9Lilie Manor
Once the centre of the Laško estate, today it forms an important administrative heart of the town.
Read story →STORY 10The Well
Precious drops of water once helped shape the town's everyday social life.
Read story →STORY 11Krašovec House
A place where honey flows and good people create.
Read story →STORY 12Golež House
A memory of another time…
Read story →STORY 13New Hospital
Where quiet care for fellow human beings gave way to the first steps of a brewing tradition from which the legend of Laško beer was born.
Read story →STORY 14Old Hospital
A place where the site of a former medieval hospital has preserved its educational mission continuously since the age of Maria Theresa.
Read story →STORY 15Ivšek House
A house with ‘stitched corners’ and an architectural surprise hidden in its courtyard.
Read story →STORY 16Weber House
This former inn and butcher's shop is named after a pre-war mayor of the market town of Laško.
Read story →STORY 17Lucky Inn
When an innkeeper fights a fire with his own wine…
Read story →STORY 18Herlah House
From Roman mysteries to Gothic mysticism — a stone façade proudly guarding the birthplace of a pioneer of Slovenian mountaineering.
Read story →STORY 19Zupanc House
A house that still echoes with the versatile interwar energy of barber Blaž Zupanc, whose work and ‘Blaž Rock’ viewpoint left a lasting mark on Laško.
Read story →STORY 20Old Town Hall
Where an ancient wooden guardian of fair-market order and honesty was once displayed.
Read story →STORY 21The First Reading Room
Where the first public ‘Besede’ gatherings echoed through the market town of Laško.
Read story →STORY 22The Chaplaincy
Where the first Slovenian translation of Hamlet was created.
Read story →STORY 23Church of St Martin
Romanesque strength and Baroque splendour united in one of Slovenia's most important architectural treasures.
Read story →STORY 24The Rectory
Renaissance beauty in arcaded corridors, proudly sheltering an immense wealth of books.
Read story →STORY 25Weichselberg Manor
From an old market-town granary to a treasury of knowledge — enter a place where the whole history of Laško comes alive.
Read story →STORY 26Market Granary
The renovated old market-town granary on Aškerc Square is a place for discovering the past and present of Laško and its surroundings, and today houses the Laško Museum.
Read story →STORY 27Pr Perdih
A house inseparably linked with Frau Komes, inviting you to discover her almost cinematic life.
Read story →STORY 28Pr Bartol
The commercial spirit of the 19th century preserved within the historic walls of the once-popular Pr Bartol shop.
Read story →STORY 29Pr Pačnik
From Laško's first museum to the legendary Pačnik pub — a building filled with unforgettable memories for generations of townspeople.
Read story →STORY 30Immaculate Mary Monument
At the very heart of the town stands a stone monument of thanksgiving.
Read story →STORY 31Pr Farbar
Where skilled hands once brought colour to leather — discover the heritage of the old dye works at Pr Farbar.
Read story →STORY 32Pasarič House
Where the skilled hands of Laško woodturners once made chess pieces.
Read story →STORY 33Tabor Castle
From a powerful fortress and hunting lodge of the Counts of Celje to contemporary culinary indulgence high above the town.
Read story →STORY 34Black Bridge
A favourite meeting point for Laško's couples, walkers and young people, a motif for painters of town views and a distinctive local symbol.
Read story →STORY 35Laško Brewery
More than two centuries of brewing passion and knowledge poured into the legendary taste of proud Laško beer.
Read story →STORY 36Blessed Spring
Along one of Laško's favourite walking routes, refresh yourself with the clear water of the Blessed Spring and rest on the benches beside the chapel above the source.
Read story →STORY 37Thermal Water
A complete embrace of nature: after a long journey through rock, soothing thermal water rises to the surface.
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