4 . T H E C H U R C H
O F S T . M A R T I N
I N B L E D
The present neo - Gothic church ,
consecrated to St . Martin , was built in
1905 on the site of the previous Gothic
church dating from the 15th century ,
although the very first chapel was
erected here before the year 1000 .
The new church was built following the
plans of Prof . Friedrich von Schmidt ( the
architect of the Vienna City Hall ), but
these were consequently changed by
architect Josip Vancaš – namely in their
design of the interior . The majority of
sculptures were made by restoration
specialist Ivan Vurnik from Radovljica and
were produced from the best Carrera
marble .
The church was adorned with frescoes by
painter Slavko Pengov between 1932 and
1937 . In front of the church there is a
garden signpost which was designed by
the great Slovenian architect , Jože
Plečnik , in the years before World War II .
The well - preserved walls from the 15th
century remind us of the periods of
Turkish invasions to these lands .