Gruber Mansion
Gruber Mansion () is a mansion in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, standing at 1 Astronomy Street () on the right bank of the Ljubljanica, east of Levstik Square () and Castle Hill (Ljubljana), Castle Hill. It currently houses the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia. History The mansion was built between 1773 and 1777 in a braided Baroque and Rococo style by the Jesuit Vienna, Viennese hydrology expert and architect Gabriel Gruber, who was also known for the construction of the Gruberjev kanal drainage channel. Gruber used the mansion as a physics and hydraulics research institute, a testament that being the construction of an observatory as a portion of the institution. In 1840, the mansion was purchased by Anton Virant, who merged the property with his own adjacent and used it as a guest accommodation and cafe named "Zur Sternwarte" (meaning observatory). In 1887, it was bought by the Carniolan Savings Bank and in 1965, become the National Archive of Slovenia, undergoing re ...
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