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Historic Hotels of Slovenia

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#1 ·
Hello!
Due to my research of historic hotels of Slovenia, I would be most grateful for your candidates. Beside still existing and operating hotels, I will also examine and demolished or hotels that have been converted to some other function during history. There criteria is following:
I: hotel must be built untill the 1930 s
II: luxurious establishment, prominent position in the moment of its inauguration
Current listing covers:
- Grand Hotel Union Ljubljana
- Grand Hotel Rogaska Slatina
- Hotel Palace Portoroz
Thank you for your help and suggestinos!
box.
 
#3 ·
#9 ·
Box021, in your first post you were also asking about the Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana, here you find the detailed information and some photos, old and new:
http://www.gh-union.si/executive/index.php

THE STORY OF THE GRAND HOTEL UNION

As early as 1905, while setting up the modern urban image of Ljubljana after the great earthquake, they built one of the biggest, finest and most modern in southeastern Europe, i.e. south of Prague and Vienna – the Grand Hotel Union. It had 87 rooms, a modern restaurant, a café, a large concert hall (today's Union hall), a bowling alley and several salons for ceremonies. The hotel also had an elevator, central heating and telephone, which was rare for that time.

Upon its opening, the Slovene magazine “Slovenski narod” wrote: “The Hotel Union is the first great city hotel in Ljubljana. Not even Graz or Trieste has a hotel like this, not to mention other cities like Ljubljana.” The hotel was built in an unbelievable 18 months and the opening ceremony lasted for 7 days.

The Grand Hotel Union was built according to the blueprints of a Czech architect, Josip Vancaš, a HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connoisseur" \o "Connoisseur" connoisseur of the Viennese architectural trends. He emphasised the exterior of the three-floor Secession building with decorative elements and added vivaciousness with the rounded and domed corner tower, which is still the southern entrance to the building – more precisely, the café. As well as the exterior, the architect provided lavish interior decoration, which has mostly been preserved.

In over a century of existence, the Grand Hotel Union was an important co-creator of the political and social life in the capital and in the wider Ljubljana region. The hotel constantly strives to act as a socially responsible company by supporting various actions, humanitarian organisations and individuals. Considerable emphasis is placed on energy saving and care for the environment. The Grand Hotel Union's reputation stems from tradition, reliability and high-quality service.


(Source: http://gh-union.si/executive/index.php/about_hotel/the_story)







Source of the photos: http://www.gh-union.si
 
#22 ·
To da se na enem tako majhnem področju meša sredozemski temperament, balkanska požrtvovalnost in srednje evropska pridnost, je recept za uspeh, samo ne vem kje smo politike pobral, ker ti nimajo v sebi drugega, kot črnogorske delovne vneme in ciganske ravnodušnosti.

Naša geostrateška prednost je pa skoraj že mimo, ker nam bojo okoliški narodi vzel ves transport, turizem in še marsikaj. Pač to je to.
 
#26 ·
Preprosto. To utemeljujem s tem, da je tako kot rečemo, da je Slovenija alpska država, čeprav ne leži celotna Slovenija v Alpah, Slovenija tudi Balkanska, čeravno ne leži cela na Balkanu. In je kraška, čeprav ne obsega Kras cele Slovenije. In je panonska, čeprav je v Sloveniji le del Panonske nižine.

Slovenija je torej alpska država in je kraška in je panonska in je balkanska... In hotel Union je potemtakem eden od najstarejših hotelov na Balkanu. Q.E.D.

Sedaj pa nadaljujmo debato o zgodovinskih hotelih ...
 
#27 ·
^^
ce se posluzim tvoje logike:

Hotel Crillon v Parizu je torej eden prvih hotelov na Sredozemlju. :nuts: (in takrat je Francija obstajala)

btw, Slovenija ni tudi kraska drzava, zato ker ima Kras, ampak zato ker ima kras. poleg tega je kras tip povrsja in ne neka geografska enota.
 
#28 ·
^^
ce se posluzim tvoje logike:

Hotel Crillon v Parizu je torej eden prvih hotelov na Sredozemlju. :nuts: (in takrat je Francija obstajala)
Francija je prevelika država, da bi lahko njen severni del "podtaknil" Sredozemlju. Kljub temu pa se Francozi jasno izrekajo tudi za maditeranski narod, zato bi bila v neki skrajni konsekvenci takšna izjava povsem mogoča.

btw, Slovenija ni tudi kraska drzava, zato ker ima Kras, ampak zato ker ima kras. poleg tega je kras tip povrsja in ne neka geografska enota.
Kaj če bi se ti malo manj petelinil?

Beseda kras izhaja iz starega ljudskega izraza za kamen in je prvotno pomenila kamnito pokrajino. Iz tega naziva se je razvilo lastno ime Kras za vse področje, ki se razteza med Tržaškim zalivom in Vipavsko dolino ter med Soško dolino in Brkini.

Lp, Af.
 
#34 ·
Dear members,

Thank you all for your kind help and info! :cheers:

Portal recently launched, but unfortunately, although its all free, none of the invited members from Slovenia (Palace Portoroz, Grand H. Union Ljubljana, Grand H. Toplice Bled, Grand H. Rogaska) accepted the invitation to be presented :(

http://www.historichotelsthenandnow.com/

Hopefully, in the near future the Palace Portoroz will arrive, but at the moment I'm still waiting for their documentation.

Once again, thanx for all your help and great suggestions! :)
Bojan
 
#35 · (Edited)
Brief update! :)

Few months ago, we finally welcomed Slovenia to the portal! Hopefully new hotels will arrive soon, but at the moment, there are 2 great members to present us with their Past&Present stories! :)

Grand Hotel Toplice, Bled (1854 / 1931)
Palace Hotel, Portoroz (1910)

http://www.historichotelsthenandnow.com/slovenia
 
#36 ·
Imam eno vprašanje glede Hotela Union. Na ekskurziji so nam povedali da je današnje stanje hotela v bistvu nedokončano, originalen načrt pa naj bi predvideval še veliko večji kompleks ki bi segal še precej višje ob Miklošičevi proti severu. Ima kdo kake informacije ali slike o tem? Če se spomnem prav, je profesorica rekla da je bil predviden celo notranji pokrit bazen.
 
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