The mighty late-baroque church with classic and rococo details and rich paintings was built in 1777.
It is dedicated to St. Stephen, the patron saint of horses, which shows the economic importance of this draft animal in the area during the period when cartage was booming.
See the church’s rich and picturesque interior and don’t miss the tombstone of the Nicoletti family built into the wall on the outside of the church. Learn more about this family at the next stop of the city route.
Stop and have a look on the city trailMiroslav Vilhar Statue
The bronze bust on the stone column is the work of the academic sculptor Stojan Batič (1925–2015). For the first time, the Vilhar monument was ceremoniously erected in 1906, according to the plan of the sculptor Alojzij Repič (1866–1941) and architect Ivan Jager (1871–1959). In 1926, due to fascist desecration, it was transferred to the...Read more Kutin House
The former manor is remembered among the locals for its last owners, the Kutin family of merchants and landowners, from which no less than two mayors of Postojna are descended. The first owners of the manor were the nobles Nicoletti, managers of the Lipica stud farm, whose branch was also the nearby castle estate Prestranek. In...Read more
Miroslav Vilhar Statue
The bronze bust on the stone column is the work of the academic sculptor Stojan Batič (1925–2015). For the first time, the Vilhar monument was ceremoniously erected in 1906, according to the plan of the sculptor Alojzij Repič (1866–1941) and architect Ivan Jager (1871–1959). In 1926, due to fascist desecration, it was transferred to the...
Read more 
Kutin House
The former manor is remembered among the locals for its last owners, the Kutin family of merchants and landowners, from which no less than two mayors of Postojna are descended. The first owners of the manor were the nobles Nicoletti, managers of the Lipica stud farm, whose branch was also the nearby castle estate Prestranek. In...
Read more