Selo Mansion

Selo Mansion (Dvorec Selo) is a mansion at Zalog Street (Zaloška cesta) west of the crossroad with Kajuh Street (Kajuhova ulica) in the Moste District of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is a Late Baroque mansion, currently owned by the company GIVO Real. It houses the embassies of Albania and of Kosovo, a private clinic, and an ethno club.

History
The mansion was built in 1760 and initially served as Jesuit College retreat from Trieste. In 1762, it was bought by the tradesmen Valentin Ruard and Josef Desselbrunner, who arranged the largest cloth factory of the Austrian Empire in it. After the factory became unprofitable, it was closed in 1803. From 1820 until the end of Yugoslavia, it was used by the military. In 1994 the building was declared a historical monument of Slovenia.

Architecture
The mansion exemplifies profoundly the late Baroque influence evident on many stately homes and palaces in Slovenia. The main entranceway comprises a stone portal with an attic which is spiral shaped.