About The Photographer
Blaz Gvajc is a landscape and cityscape photographer from Slovenia’s third largest city Celje whose passion is to explore and capture the most inspiring and beautiful places in the world. He has traveled to many countries across 4 continents, including Mexico, Cuba, Columbia, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, Morocco, Turkey, Italy, Czech Republic and Croatia. From Blaz’s travels grew his passion for photography. Focusing on exploring some of the most iconic and remote places in the world, and capturing them in ways the viewer has never seen before.
Although being an avid traveler, Blaz also adores his home country Slovenia and loves making spontaneous trips around it when there is promising light, and he will never tire of photographing it.
Below is a selection of Blaz’s photos from around Slovenia that he kindly shared with us. If you want to stay updated with his work, head over to his photography blog Blaz Gvajc or give him follow on Facebook, Google+, Instagram and Twitter.
Photo Gallery
A beautiful picture gallery containing 25 wonderful landscape photos from around Slovenia by Blaz Gvajc.
The Church of St. Oswald in the village of Unise in eastern Slovenia, surrounded by a bright yellow rapeseed field. The church was built in 1736 on the site of a 16th-century building and redesigned in 1856.
Another photo of the Church of St. Oswald in the village of Unise, which consists of a nave with a chapel, bell tower and a presbytery of the same width.
The postcard-worthy Church of St. Thomas stands above the Sveti Tomaz village near the medieval town of Skofja Loka, with the mighty Kamnik-Savinja Alps in the background. It’s one of the most popular spots for photography enthusiasts in Slovenia.
Another beautiful photo of the Church of St. Thomas above Sveti Tomaz, which was built on the remains of the original 15th century church. The church was destroyed and rebuilt several times, most extensively in 1848.
Built on the top of a hill, the Church of Saints Primus and Felician is the most famous attraction in the small village of Jamnik that lies on the eastern slopes of the Jelovica plateau in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
The Church of Saint Ursula on the picturesque fields of Sorsko Polje, just outside of the village of Srednje Bitnje south of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Constructed in 1616, the building was destroyed and rebuilt several times.
The church of Saint Margaret or Sveta Marjeta as it is called in Slovene in Prezganje in the Jance hills to the east of Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana. It’s a Baroque church built in 1777.
The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on Bled Island is one of the world’s most beautiful and most frequently photographed churches. The first masonry church on the island was consecrated by the Aquilean patriarch Pellegrino in 1142. In the 15th century, it was rebuilt in the Gothic style. The church’s present form is from the 17th century when it was renovated after another earthquake.
The church of St. Joseph stands at the top of the 425-meter-high Malecnik hill above the Preserje village in central Slovenia. The church was built in 1658.
The church of St. Anne on a hill above the Jezero village in the Municipality of Brezovica in central Slovenia. The church was originally a Gothic building, but was rebuilt in the late 16th or early 17th century. In the background, covered with fog, you can the Ljubljana Marshes.
The St. Anne hill above Podpec offers stunning views of the Ljubljana Marshes, a natural area of wetlands and peat bogs that extend over the south and southeast part of the Ljubljana Basin.
At an elevation of 1,665 meters (5,462 feet), Velika Planina is famous for being one of a few surviving high mountain herdsmen’s settlements in Europe. It’s located in the Kamnik Alps in northern Slovenia. You can take a cable car to reach to the top. During the summer, Velika Planina turns into an ideal place for those who want to taste fresh and eco-friendly dairy products and escape from the high temperatures.
Rudno Polje lies on the Pokljuka Plateau at an elevation of 1,347 meters (4,419 feet). It’s one of the most popular starting points for tours to many summits in the Julian Alps, including Slovenia’s highest mountain Triglav and the 2,050 meter high Visevnik.
The crystal-clear Soca River at its beginnings in the Trenta valley. Known as the ‘Emerald Beauty’, Soca is one of the most beautiful rivers in Europe and a true delight for nature lovers, photographers and water-sports enthusiasts from all around the world.
The Soca River creates a series of small waterfalls at its beginnings.
The Koritnica stream is just one of many fast-flowing streams with crystal-clear cold water in the Triglav National Park.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a very common and instantly recognizable poisonous mushroom that can be found growing in Slovenian woods.
A lonely tree somewhere on Vremscica, an eight-kilometres-long ridge between Divaca and Pivka in the Littoral–Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
A beautiful winter day in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps above the Logar Valley in northern Slovenia.
Little known outside of Slovenia, the Julian Alps are part of the Alps that stretch from north-eastern Italy to Slovenia. They were named after Julius Caesar and are part of the Southern Limestone Alps. There are approximately 150 mountains over 2000 metres high in the Julian Alps with the highest being Mount Triglav which rises to 2,864 meters above sea level. A large part of the Julian Alps is included in the Triglav National Park.
At an elevation of 2,558 metres (8,392 feet), Grintovec is the highest mountain of the Kamnik–Savinja Alps.
A magical view of the festively decorated Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana from the castle tower. Christmas in Ljubljana has a truly festive atmosphere.
Ljubljana’s centre is festively decorated with colorful Christmas lights that turn the Slovenia’s capital into a beautiful fairytale scene.
Ljubljana’s Christmas lights display is considered to be one of the most gorgeous and imaginative in Europe.
The Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana isn’t very impressive from the outside, but the interior is spectacular.
The Art Deco-style spiral staircase inside the Neboticnik skyscraper in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana.
Blaz Gvajc, the amazing photographer behind all the photos on this page. Thank you so much Blaz for sharing your wonderful photos with us. We really appreciate it.
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