Nebotičnik
Thirteen-storey interwar high-rise on earthquake-proof piles, crowned by a rooftop café and terrace.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Nebotičnik, the skyscraper on Štefanova Street in Ljubljana, follows the engineer Stanko Dimnik around the early nineteen thirties, handed a tower no one in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia had tried and a patch of ground that does not always stay still. It reaches as far as Japan for its ideas. Stand on the pavement at the foot of the building before you look up.
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