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NUK II: the second national library
National and University Library
A long-awaited second building for the National and University Library.
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In the area: The Robba Fountain in front of the Town Hall. Image courtesy of © Rok · CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsOur take
- A new national library building
- Design chosen in a 2012 competition
- Roman finds on show at the City Museum
- Address
- Old Town, Ljubljana
- Website
- nuk.uni-lj.si
- Status
- Planned · site excavations complete
About NUK II: the second national library
Plans for a second building for Slovenia’s National and University Library (NUK) go back decades. Its design was chosen in a 2012 architectural competition, and the last unexplored part of the site, close to Plečnik’s library of 1941, was excavated between October 2024 and April 2025. Finds from the dig are shown at the City Museum of Ljubljana.
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