Center Rog
Former tannery and bicycle factory on an early concrete frame, now a public workshop and arts hub.
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This audio guide to Center Rog in Ljubljana looks at the long riverside factory as a piece of engineering, starting from a simple question about what keeps it standing. It follows Karl Pollak, the leather wholesaler who took over an old tannery in 1900, and a French patent that reached the Ljubljanica in the early 1920s. Best heard from the riverside path, where you can see the full length of the facade.
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