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Revision as of 02:55, 18 December 2009
Cankar Hall (Slovene: Cankarjev dom) is a cultural and congress center, located in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It stands on the central Square of the Republic, opposite to the Parliament of Slovenia.
It is named after the writer Ivan Cankar. The building was designed by the architect Edvard Ravnikar and was built between 1977 and 1982. The building was financed entirely from the budget of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia. The center has four halls named after Slovene artists - Gallus's Hall (named after the Baroque composer Jacobus Gallus), Linhart's Hall (named after Enlightenment erudite and playwright Anton Tomaž Linhart), Kosovel's Hall (named after the modernist poet Srečko Kosovel), Štih's Hall (named after literary critic Bojan Štih).
The Cankar Hall has a large entrance saloon in which performances are being held (such as artistic performances, dances, book fairs, etc.). In front of the building stands a statue of Ivan Cankar, designed in 1982 by the sculpture Slavko Tihec.
The ground floor of Cankars Hall, as most of the Square of the Republic was owned by Roman Catholic Church until 1960, when it was nationalized by the state. During the building of the Cankar Hall, remains of the ancient Roman town of Emona were found. Most of them have been transferred to the National Museum of Slovenia, which stands at the opposite side of the Square.