Maribor's new cultural centre gets govt funding

Ljubljana/Maribor, 3 December - The Culture Ministry has approved EUR 12.7 million in state co-funding for the city of Maribor's new centre that will host the main library, an art gallery and a cinema. The Rotovž Centre, estimated at around EUR 25 million, will be built in Rotovž Square in the city centre where Maribor's dilapidated library will be torn down.

Maribor
A human chain formed to move thousands of books from the main library in Maribor to its temporary premises in a shopping mall on 21 October 2021.
Photo: Andreja Seršen Dobaj/STA
File photo

Maribor
A human chain formed to move thousands of books from the main library in Maribor to its temporary premises in a shopping mall on 21 October 2021.
Photo: Andreja Seršen Dobaj/STA
File photo

Maribor
Visualisation of the Rotovž Centre.
Photo: Maribor municipality
File photo

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