National and University Library of Slovenia
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The National and University Library (Slovene: Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, NUK) is one of the most important national educational and cultural institutions of Slovenia. It is located in the center of Ljubljana, in a building designed by the architect Jože Plečnik in the years 1930–1931 and constructed between 1936 and 1941. The building is considered one of the greatest achievements by Plečnik.
The planned construction of the new NUK building (known as NUK II) that will stand on the Zois Street is as of July 2009[update] scheduled to begin in 2011, although the plans for it were prepared by the Slovenian architect Marko Mušič already in 1989. Till the beginning of construction, the site will serve as a provisional parking lot. There are several causes for the delay, among them problems in the process of the acquisition of the real estate, the preparation of the documentation necessary to obtain the construction permit and the archaeological excavations of the remains of the Roman castrum Emona that took place in 1990–1999 and in 2008.
[edit] External links
- National and University Library in Ljubljana, homepage. Accessed on 21 August 2005.
- Plečnik's National and University Library
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Coordinates: 46°02′51″N 14°30′13″E / 46.0475°N 14.5035°E
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