Šentrupert	Stična Monastery

3.Šentrupert
address Church of Sv. Rupert in Šentrupert, Šentrupert Parish Office, Šentrupert 20, 8232 Šentrupert telephone +386 (0)7 30 40 038 location Šentrupert season year round visiting hours by prior arrangement group reservations yes reservations contact Mirko Simončič tour times by prior arrangement local guide yes number of participants: unlimited language: Slo restaurants gostilna Javornik, Rakovnik 6 (120 seats, 2 km) gostilna Jaklič, Šentrupert 3 (120 seats, 2 km) gostišče Pri Francki, Glavna c. 11, p. Mirna (140 sedežev, 4 km) picnic area by prior arrangement bus parking yes parking for automobiles yes access for invalids complete tour possible	The parish church of Sv. Rupert ranks at the peak of Slovene Gothic architecture as much from its location in the center of a borough as from its esthetic integrity and impressiveness. In the first church on this site, the Patriarch of Aquileia Ulrik II held a chapter conference in the frontier Slovene March or Dolenjska in 1163 that was attended by a great number of the most renowned representatives of the Church. The current church possibly originated after 1393 when the Counts of Celje acquired the patronage right to the parish.
4.Stična Monastery
address Slovene Religious Museum, Stična 17, 1295 Ivančna Gorica telephone/fax +386 (0)1 787 71 00 / +386 (0)1 787 75 70 gsm +386 (0)31 423 328 internet www.rkc.si/sticna location Ivančna Gorica season year round visiting hours Tuesday - Saturday at 8:30, 10:00, 14:00, 16:00, Sunday 14:00, 16:00 additional tours are also possible by prior arrangement yes group reservations Marko Okorn reservations contact 2 hours entrance fee yes local guide number of participants: 50 languages: Slo, Eng, Ger yes video presentation seating: 80 length of presentation: 22 minutes languages: Slo, Eng, Ger, It, Cro restaurants Gostilna Deseti brat, immediate vicinity (100 seats) Okorn Tourist Farm, Pristava nad Stično (4 km) Grofija Tourist Farm, Vir pri Stična (2 km) excursion possibilities Gradišče, Muljava, Krška jama, Pristava nad Stično, Obolno souvenirs, shopping monastery shop special features Baroque monastery church and Gothic vaulted archway bus parking yes parking for automobiles yes access for invalids complete tour possible toilets equipped for invalids yes	The Cistercian monastery in Stična was founded in 1136. The premises of the old prelate office are occupied by the Slovene Religious Museum. The museum houses monastery and cultural-historical exhibitions, the Baraga and Ašič memorial rooms, the Gabrijel Humek gallery, the Kozlevčar antiques collection, and exhibitions on sacral art, Slovene folk worship, the Ursuline sisters, and the Daughters of Christian Love. The museum is especially proud of the new permanent History of Christianity in Slovenia exhibition.