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The architect Jože Plečnik moved to a single-storey house at Karunova Street 4 in Ljubljana's Trnovo district in 1921, and extended it with a cylindrical tower in 1924. Plečnik House exterior, renovated in 2015. Photo by Andrej Peunik/Museum and Galleries of ljubljana

In 1986 the Škocjan Caves became the first Slovene landmark inscribed onto a UNESCO World Heritage Site list. The remains of two prehistoric pile-dwellings from the Ljubljansko Barje marshlands were accepted in 2011 as a part of transnational heritage site "Prehistoric Pile-Dwellings in the Alpine Area", which comprises a selection of 111 archaeological sites in six countries around the Alps. The latest addition is the Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija, listed in 2012. "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe" encompassing forests in 12 European countries including also the two forest reserves, Krokar and Snežnik – Ždrocle Virgin Forests in Notranjska Region (inscribed in 2017). The last inscription were "The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design", added onto the UNESCO list in July 2021, being the 5th site in Slovenia.