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MCC Hostel

Located in the city center close to the bus and train station. There are single, double and multi-bed themed rooms, kitchen, laundry, internet access, garden with space for picnics and games, compl...

Photo House Pelikan

The original Photo House Pelikan from 1899, declared a cultural monument, is located in Razlagova Street as a branch of the Celje Museum of Recent History. It showcases the work of the Celje-based ...

Calvary (The Sacred Mount)

A renowned Calvary is located on the Jožefov hrib, consisting of four (out of the original five) chapels and the Golgotha group (penitent and impenitent thief alongside Christ on the Cross) on the ...

War and peace memorial

The expressive memorial was erected in the years 1954–1958 to honour the victims of World War II. Noted for its concept, it ranks among the top WWII liberation war memorials in Slovenia. It rests o...

Saint Mary’s column

Celje’s first public monument, the Saint Mary’s column, was erected in 1776 on the spot where the murderer Pretner was executed.  The tall high column on a triangular plinth supports th...

The raftsman statue

The bronze sculpture of a raftsman was cast by the sculptor Boris Kalin of Ljubljana to commemorate the completion of the flood control works on the Savinja River in 1961. The sculpture reminds of ...

Alma Karlin statue

Alma M. Karlin, writer, globetrotter, collector, theosophist, polyglot, was born in 1889. After World War I, she travelled a good part of the world on her own, which certainly makes her one of the ...

The water well

The stone water well with a diameter of approximately 1.4 metres was discovered in 2013 during the restoration works in the old city centre. It was originally built in the Middle Ages, made of Roma...

Town walls

Construction of town walls was started in 1450 and finished in 1473. The walled-in area had a convex quadrilateral shape. Robust bastions were built on the corners, while the city was protected by ...