Heritage
The Lipica Stud Farm is especially important because it is the original stud farm of one of the oldest cultural horse breeds – the Lipizzan horse – and the oldest European stud farm breeding a single breed of horse. It is also special because it is the only micro location offering optimum conditions for Lipizzan horse breeding at the highest level, and because it has an atmosphere whose individual elements – the layout, architectural core, and cultural landscape – were developed exclusively for the purpose of its original core activity – the breeding of Lipizzan horses.
Its development has an outstanding importance for the international reputation of Slovenia, while the protected values of the cultural landscape and architectural heritage of the Lipica Stud Farm are permanently and exclusively in the service of its original activity – horse breeding and riding. The Republic of Slovenia is committed to acknowledging the international status of the stud farm as a horse breeding organisation holding the original studbook for the Lipizzan horse.
Natural areas that have been proposed for the status of natural values, include Lipica, its pastures and forests, the fossil site near Lipica, and the Pekel Cave.
Features having the monument protection status include the Lipiško brezno karst shaft, a deep corrosion shaft that is the result of a natural karst phenomenon, and is as much as 200 metres deep.

In 1996, the Lipica Stud Farm was declared a cultural monument of exceptional importance for the Republic of Slovenia. The protected area of the Lipica Stud Farm, which is under special monumental protection, encompasses the cultivated Karst landscape, the herd of horses of Lipizzan breed, and the architectural and art heritage.
In the protected area of the Lipica Park, you can walk along the centuries-old green avenues and enjoy the company of 300 white Lipizzan horses. There are also play areas for children, recreation areas, you can try delicious Karst delicacies, explore the history of four-wheeled vehicles at the Carriage Museum, and learn about unique karst phenomena – “kal” (a pond) and “ledenica” (a pit for storing ice).
The area of the cultural Karst landscape of the Lipica Stud Farm encompasses pastures and meadows with protective fences, and oak groves and avenues.
The man-made landscape is an integral and redesigned natural environment, whose development is based on the centuries-old tradition of breeding horses of the finest quality. People have improved the bleak Karst landscape and cultivated the land for the purpose of pasture and mowing. The present layout of Lipica is the same as it was before 1817, as is evident from the cartographic records of the time.
Even earlier than that, the estate was lined with an eight-kilometre long dry-stone wall, which is typical of the Karst. The reason for the time-consuming construction of this dry-stone wall was not merely practical, but also symbolic, because the wall symbolises the integrity and uniqueness of Lipica’s cultural landscape.
Historically, this land has always been used for the continuous breeding of the same horse breed. The spatial integrity of the original stud farm, which gave birth to one of the oldest breeds of horses, makes this place unique – even on a global scale.

Specially protected built elements under monumental protection include: the Manor complex with Velbanca and a church, the stable complex with silos and dressage areas, Hotel Klub, the collection of artworks of Avgust Černigoj, which is exhibited in the gallery, and the park sculptures (forma viva) from karst stone.
On the 400th anniversary of the Lipica Stud Farm, Lipica hosted a month-long international sculpting workshop, which produced the park sculptures (forma viva) from karst stone. The second international sculpting workshop was organised to mark the 425th anniversary of the Lipica Stud Farm.
On the 400th anniversary of the Lipica Stud Farm, Lipica hosted a month-long international sculpting workshop, which produced the park sculptures (forma viva) from karst stone. The second international sculpting workshop was organised to mark the 425th anniversary of the Lipica Stud Farm.
Over 120 years ago, on 24 August 1898, Avgust Černigoj was born in Trieste. He was a Constructivist and one of the leading figures of the Slovenian avant-garde in fine arts. He was an extraordinary artist, and the only Slovenian artist who studied at the famous Bauhaus School in Weimar. He spent the last years of his creative life at the Lipica Stud Farm, on the unique green estate among the white Lipizzan horses. The Lipica Stud Farm today houses more than 1,300 of his works of art.