Grad(The Castle) - Partizanska cesta(Partizanska street) - Ulica talcev - Presernova ulica(Presernova street) - Partizanska cesta(Partizanska street) - Kidricev trg(Kidric square) - Tomsiceva ulica(Tomsic street) - Mestni park(Town Park) - Trg generala Maistra(Maister square)
Partizanska street
From the Castle we head east
along Partizanska cesta. On the right is the Franciscan Church [27],
which was added to the Franciscan Monastery in Ulica
Vita Kraigherja. The entire complex was built on the
site of the former Capuchin Convent and the Church of the
Mother of Mercy. From 1784 the Church was the seat of the
Slovene surburban parish. After the plan of the Viennese
architect Richard Jordan, the monastery building was
erected between 1892-l893, followed in 1893-l900 by the
Church, built in the style of the old-Roman basilica. The
Church paintings were by the Hungarian painter Ferenz
Pruszinsky. The Stations of the Cross were carved by
Milos Hohnjec, from Celje. The organ is the work of the
Maribor master Jozef Brandl. The stained glass windows
were destroyed during World War II. Three new ones were
designed by the painter Stane Kregar, and two by the
Zagreb painter Pavle Susilovic, who also painted the
rosette above the portal.Nearby we cross the wide Titova
cesta, which runs south across the Drava. The river
is spanned by an interesting bridge supported by two
pillars. Built in 1963, it is 304 m long, 24 m wide, and
25 m high. At the other side of the bridge, to the left,
is the hospital complex, with its central, multilevel
hospital building. The hospital moved from the town
centre to its present location in 1855; with additions,
it grew to its present size.
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