The entire south-western part of walled Ljubljana was in the possession of a Teutonic order of knights, the Knights of the Cross (Križniki) and the entire complex between French Revolution Square, Gosposka Street and Zoisova and Emonska Streets is still called Križanke today. The Knights of the Cross were already living here in the beginning of the 13th century, at which time a monastery stood here. St Mary's Church is first mentioned in sources from 1268. They built the new, still standing church on the same site to plans prepared by the Venetian Domenico Rossi. In the 18th century the monastery was demolished and rebuilt. The entire monastic complex, on Plečnik's reconstruction, mostly serves today as the venue of the Ljubljana Festival performances. It features a large open-air auditorium (summer theatre) with 1400 seats, while an audience of 400 can be seated in the atrium. Plečnik's memorial pillar to Napoleonic Illyria, with the emperor's garlanded head in relief and Vodnik's verses from the "Ode to Illyria Resurrected" stands close to Križanke in French Revolution Square. Built into the pillar are ashes from the grave of a French soldier who fell in 1813 in battle with the Austrians. Also worthy of attention in this square are the memorial to the poet Simon Gregorčič (by sculptor Zdenko Kalin) and the palace of the Counts of Auersperg, today the seat of the City Museum and the Slavonic Library.  


GPS Northing (N) : 46,0472 
GPS Easting (E) : 14,5026