Culture Day Celebrated across Slovenia
Ljubljana/Ptuj, 8 February - Festivities are being held around Slovenia on Thursday to mark Culture Day, a national holiday dedicated to the country's greatest poet France Preseren. While Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti hosted a traditional reception for the Preseren laureates in Ljubljana, the first Slovenian theatre gateway was launched at the website www.sigledal.org.
Vrba
Culture Day festivities at Vrba, the hometown of poet France Preseren (1800-1849).
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Ljubljana, Podroznik Villa
A reception for Preseren laureates; Preseren Prize winner, actor Radko Polic Rac (right), and director Dusan Jovanovic, the head of the Preseren Fund board.
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Ljubljana, Podroznik Villa
Minister Vasko Simoniti (second from the left) hosts a reception for Preseren laureates; Preseren Prize winner, composer Janez Maticic (first from the left), and Preseren Fund Prize winners: composer Urska Pompe, author Suzana Tratnik and multimedia artist Marko Peljhan.
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Ljubljana, Podroznik Villa
Minister Vasko Simoniti hosts a reception for Preseren laureates
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA
Ljubljana, Podroznik Villa
Minister Vasko Simoniti hosts a reception for Preseren laureates.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA
Ljubljana
Austrian author and translator Ludwig Hartinger (right) at an event at Konzorcij bookshop.
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Ljubljana,
Culture Day debate at Konzorcij, Ljubljana's largest bookstore.
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Kranj,
Culture Day festivities in the historical centre of Kranj.
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Kranj,
Culture Day festivities in the historical centre of Kranj.
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Kranj,
Culture Day festivities by the statue of France Preseren (1800-1849).
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA
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