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Maribor Castle – Maribor Old Town loop from Maribor

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Slovenia

Podravska

Maribor

Maribor Castle – Maribor Old Town loop from Maribor

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4.5

(6)

219

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Maribor Castle – Maribor Old Town loop from Maribor

01:10

11.0km

50m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 10, 2026

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691 m

Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy (Franciscan Church), Maribor

Highlight • Religious Site

The Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy is one of seven basilicas in Slovenia and was the first church with this title in Austria-Hungary in 1906. It is the home church of the Maribor Franciscan monastery. The current church and monastery were built between 1892 and 1900 in neo-Romanesque style and stand on the site of the former Capuchin church, which was built in the 17th century at the request of Count Jakob Khiesl of Maribor. The façade is decorated with two 58-meter-high bell towers, topped with a peaked roof and three-meter-high gilded crosses. The church has three entrances decorated with stone carvings. The most richly decorated is the main portal with a mosaic in the lunette depicting the Annunciation of Mary.

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857 m

Maribor Castle

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Maribor's City Castle on the north-eastern edge of the old town is the most beautiful and largest building in the city. Today it houses the Regional Museum. The castle, on the site of the castle begun in 1478 by Emperor Frederick III, was built from 1655 by Count Brandis and his successors and was continuously expanded until 1843. The clock tower dates from 1780. The castle was once the strongest fortress in the city, equipped with two courtyards, of which the one intended for the riding school is very large. The portal to the castle square is decorated with a large stone lion.

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1.33 km

Fountain with Bronze Boy Statue

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1.51 km

St. John the Baptist Cathedral (Maribor)

Highlight • Religious Site

The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Stolna cerkev sv. Janeza Krstnika) is the seat of the Archdiocese of Maribor. The first documented mention of a church on this site dates back to 1248, but there must have been a Christian church nearby even before that, probably from 1096. The cathedral is built from blocks of grey and yellowish Slovenian Gorica sandstone. The core of the church is Romanesque, and additions and alterations followed in Gothic, Baroque and 20th century architecture. The bell tower was built between 1623 and 1624. The church became a cathedral on September 4, 1859, when the bishop's seat was moved to Maribor.

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1.85 km

World's oldest noble vine

Highlight • Natural Monument

Stara trta, the Old Vine, has been growing on the south façade of a one-story house for around 440 years. In 2004, it was entered into the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest vine in the world. Its trunk, which is around 25 centimeters wide, branches out at a height of two meters into horizontal shoots that rest on a trellis and reach a length of 15 meters. The "Blue Kavčina" or "Velvet Black" grape variety, which is particularly resistant to diseases, is one of the oldest in Slovenia. The age of the vine was determined using a probing method with the help of a microscope.

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9.73 km

Water Tower (Wasserturm) on the Drava, Maribor

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The Water Tower on the Drava in Usnjarska Street received its current form in 1555. It is a late Renaissance fortress that protected the southeastern part of the city walls on the bank of the Drava. Before the Italian fortification builders reinforced the walls of Maribor in the 16th century, two round defensive towers stood on their southern part: the predecessor of the present Jewish Tower and, on the site of the present Water Tower, a round tower called Smodniški.

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9.88 km