Nestled at Slovenia’s north‐eastern border with Hungary is the tranquil town of Bogojina. Few Slovenians ever venture here, and this isolation has allowed the nation’s most significant building to age gracefully. At the town’s high centre stands this Church, designed in the 1930s by national treasure Jože Plečnik. He blended Gothic, Baroque, modernist, and local traditions into a unique design that set it apart from Western Europe’s radical modernism.

The church’s origins date back to the 13th century as a modest Romanesque building. Over subsequent centuries, it underwent numerous additions before being burnt during the Reformation. Rebuilt in the late 17th century, by the late 19th century it no longer met the community’s needs. In the early 20th century, Father Ivan Baša—impressed by Vienna’s grandeur—commissioned Plečnik after the First World War to create a timeless church.

Rather than demolish the old structure, Plečnik transformed it into a narthex, preserving its legacy. Striking central stone columns, quarried from local Roman-era stone, support four arches beneath a white roof that appears to float, evoking a serene and solemn spiritual ambience.