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Invitation to the lecture The Beginnings of Nova Gorica: the Heritage of the Ravnikar/Russian Blocks
Thursday, 24 July, 7 pm
Eda centre (ground floor), Nova Gorica
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You are cordially invited to a lecture by art historian Dr. Alenka Di Battista on the values that defined the design and construction of Ravnikar’s or Russian Blocks. Together with researcher Dr Jasna Fakin Bajec, they will discuss the results of the 2023 workshops on the Russian Blocks.
The event will highlight the modernist heritage of Nova Gorica, with a special focus on the Ravnikarjev/Ruski Blocks area at the southern end of Kidričeva Street. It will present the original plans, the realised and unrealised urban and architectural concepts, and above all the diverse values that still define these legendary blocks today.
The lecture takes place in the framework of the exhibition The Shining Invisible City by the art and research collective Nonument Group.
Nonument Group: The Shining Invisible City
The exhibition The Shining Invisible City explores and highlights demolished, rebuilt, half-built, abandoned and unrealised projects: public spaces, buildings and other architectural elements that were conceived with love and devotion to the City of Roses, but are today invisible in physical space.
📍 Eda centre (ground floor), Nova Gorica*
📅 30 May-29 November 2025
* Open Monday to Saturday from 6 am to 9 pm
Event partners
MoTA – Museum of Transitory Arts
In cooperation with
ZVKDS Nova Gorica
ZRC Sazu
The exhibition The Shining Invisible City of the Collective is part of the