The dominican monastery

The dominican monastery

The first beggar's monastic order to settle in the area of Ptuj and on the territory of today's Slovenia was the order of the Dominicans. In 1926 the monastery was bought by the municipality of Ptuj, and in 1928 the Town Museum was opened there.

The minorite monastery

The Minorite monks arrived to Ptuj shortly after the Dominicans, in 1239, according to written records. By 1696, the cloister and the three wings of the Monastery were renovated. The most excellent places in the Monastery are undoubtedly the Summer Refectory and the Minorite Library.

The statue of st Florian

The Statue is in the middle of the Town's Square. The monument dominated the not-too-big market place, but in 1865, while the monument was being renovated, the eight figures were removed and the saint was mounted on a new base.

The Orpheus monument

The Orpheus monument on the Slovene square in front of the Town's Tower is almost 5 metres high (4,94 x 1,82 x 0,39 m), and is the biggest monument of its kind unearthed in the Roman Province of the Upper Pannonia.

Mithras shrines

Mithraism is a Persian religion brought to Europe by Roman soldiers. Religious rites could only be attended by men who were sworn to secrecy. The god of light SOL sent Mithra to the earth with a task to lure a white bull in a cave and sacrifice it. From its blood, a new life began.

The Town's Tower

The Town's Tower is the most imposing town edifice which strongly marks the townscape. It was mentioned in 1376 in the Town's Statute. In 1830, the curate from Ptuj, Simon Povoden, built in the Town's Tower all collected antiquity monuments from Ptuj and the surroundings. To the Povoden Museum equally belong sacrificial altars dedicated to the supreme god - Jupiter.

The Town Hall

The Town Hall is the most prominent building in Mestni Trg. It was erected in 1907 on the site of Poskočil House, named after a very rich merchant of Slovene nationality, Poskočil.