...the National and University Library, according to many Plečnik's most significant work in Ljubljana. Designed in 1931 and built between 1936 and 1941, it is a four storey and four wing building in the shape of irregular rectangle with two small inner courts.
The library contains a substantial collection of books from the 18th century, some earlier pieces and most publications of national value issued since. In 1944 a German aircraft crash landed on the library roof thus destroying some 60.000 books.
