Royal hunting lodge in Kamniška Bistrica (year 1932-33)
In the period 1932-33, architect Jože Plečnik designed plans for a hunting lodge in Kamniška Bistrica, commissioned by the Yugoslav King Alexander. The architecture of the building features a ground floor with a stone-lined façade, a first-floor façade of wooden planks, and a two-story roof.
The hallway of the ground floor and first floor, which connects the rooms facing north, occupies the entire length of the building. The ground floor included a kitchen room, dining room, and guest room. The first floor leads to two separate staircases and houses four rooms and a bathroom. The hunting lodge was completed in 1934, just months before the client, King Alexander, was assassinated in Marseille.
After World War II, the hunting lodge was nationalized and became a protocol facility. It was frequently used by the Yugoslav leader Josip Broz-Tito, which is why it earned the popular name "Tito's Palace". Political summit leaders often went hunting and vacationing here. In 1988, the lodge was renovated by the Stol company from Kamnik.
Literature:
Hrausky A., Koželj J., Prelovšek D., Plečnikova Slovenija: Vodnik po arhitekturi. Ljubljana 1997.
Kočar T., Kamniška Bistrica, Bistriški Gozd. Ljubljana 2003.