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The library was started by decree in 1774 by Empress Maria Theresa, with 637 books saved from a fire in a dissolved Jesuit college. After World War I, it became the State Reference Library and deposits from the former Yugoslavian nations poured in. It was named the University Library in 1938 and moved to the monumental building designed by Jože Plecnik. The large square building was modeled on the ducal court that stood on the same spot before being demolished by the earthquake of 1895. The library holds more than a million books, thousands of manuscripts, as well as text, visual and multimedia resources.
National and University Library , Turjaška ulica 1, 1000 Ljubljana, Phone: +386-12-00-11-88
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