CASTLE, Third Courtyard Royal Palace

The third courtyard of the Castle is the largest and most spectacular, as is perfectly evident from the arch that leads into it, which stunningly frames the façade of the Cathedral.

The square is surrounded by the long, eighteenth-century wings of the Presidential Palace. The residence of the clerics entrusted with performing the ecclesiastic functions in the Cathedral stands next to it.

The magnificent paving and urban furnishings are the work of the Slovenian architect Joze Plecnik, who also designed the obelisk in memory of the fallen during the First World War. In the center of the square is a copy of a fourteenth-century bronze statue featuring Saint George and the Dragon....