Ljubljana Central Pharmacy, Renaissance Revival pharmacy building in Prešeren Square, Slovenia.

Ljubljana Central Pharmacy, also called Mayer Palace, is a white three-story building with an inner courtyard between Trubar Street and the Petkovšek Embankment. Its main facade on Prešeren Square has a projecting bay with four Ionic columns on the second-floor balcony, a roof cupola with three oval windows, and window cornices decorated with floral ornament and sculpted human heads.

The building was designed by Ferdinand Hauser in 1896 as part of Ljubljana's reconstruction following the devastating earthquake of 1895. Neo-Renaissance architecture became a model for the city's modern rebuilding after this natural disaster.

The building is also called Mayer Palace, after the Mayer family, who ran a pharmacy business here from the early 19th century. Until World War II it housed the Prešeren Cafe, named after the poet France Prešeren (1800–1849), whose monument stands on the square outside.

The building sits in a central location on Prešeren Square and is easy to spot thanks to its decorated facade. The pharmacy remains in operation, so you can experience both the historical architecture and the space in active daily use.

Filip Supančič executed the detailed facade work, blending pharmaceutical imagery with traditional architectural elements in an unusual way. This skilled execution shows how specific professions created their own decorative language within the city's buildings.