Palaca Kresija (Kresija Palace), Ljubljana

Together with the Filipov Palace, Kresija Palace marks the entrance to the Old Town center of Ljubljana with its small tower. Noted for its Neo-Renaissance facade and interior, the building emerged in the aftermath of the 1895 earthquake to house the district bureaucracy of the then Duchy of Carniola. Today, it accommodates various municipal offices, the Kresija Gallery, and the Tourist Information Center. Its name derives from the German term "Kreisamt", denoting the administrative office of the local Austro-Hungarian "Kreis" or district.

Before the great earthquake, the site housed a hospital and a school building. It served as a maternity hospital, a midwifery school—the first healthcare institution offering courses in Slovene—and a surgery repetition school founded in 1753. During the first half of the 19th century, the building housed shops and apartments; adjacent to it, until 1831, stood the Church of Saint Elizabeth, a hub of Protestantism.

Since 1999, the southwestern facade of Kresija has featured two busts: one of the Protestant grammarian Adam Bohorič and another of the 17th-century physician Marko Gerbec. Beneath a turret at the northwestern corner, a plaque commemorates the Manoeuvre Structures of National Protection, a clandestine paramilitary force that operated in the building in 1991, contributing to Slovenia's independence. In 2008, another plaque was installed, honoring the Ljubljana Coordination Group of Independence Efforts in 1991.