AKC Metelkova mesto
Squatted former army barracks turned autonomous arts zone, with graffiti-covered clubs and galleries.
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This guide to AKC Metelkova mesto in Ljubljana follows a patch of former army barracks from the Yugoslav army's departure in nineteen ninety-one into a fight over what the land was worth and who would get it. You'll meet the Network for Metelkova, the artists and youth groups who asked for the buildings, and the old Austro-Hungarian military jail just next door. Best heard standing in the courtyard, with the old prison in view.
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