▁el ite . ▁ ▁Despite ▁being ▁a ▁fer vent ▁Catholic , ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁Jo že ▁Ple č nik ▁was ▁invited ▁ ▁to ▁design ▁a ▁new ▁Parliament ▁building . ▁Ple č nik ▁proposed ▁the ▁C athedral ▁of ▁Fre edom ▁where ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁ra ze ▁the ▁L jub lj ana ▁Castle ▁and ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁monument al ▁oct ag onal ▁building ▁instead . ▁The ▁un real ized ▁Ple č nik ▁Parliament ▁is ▁featured ▁on ▁the ▁Sloven e ▁ 1 0 ▁cent ▁euro ▁coin ▁ ▁Social ist ▁real ist ▁architecture ▁in ▁Y ug oslav ia ▁came ▁to ▁an ▁ab rupt ▁end ▁with ▁Jos ip ▁Bro z ▁T ito ' s ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁split ▁with ▁St alin . ▁In ▁the ▁following ▁years ▁the ▁nation ▁turned ▁increasing ly ▁to ▁the ▁West , ▁returning ▁to ▁the ▁modern ism ▁that ▁had ▁character ized ▁pre - war ▁Y ug oslav ▁architecture . ▁During ▁this ▁era , ▁modern ist ▁architecture ▁came ▁to ▁symbol ize ▁the ▁nation ' s ▁break ▁from ▁the ▁USS R ▁( a ▁notion ▁that ▁later ▁dimin ished ▁with ▁growing ▁accept ability ▁of ▁modern ism ▁in ▁the ▁Eastern ▁B loc ). ▁ ▁During ▁this ▁period , ▁the ▁Y ug oslav ▁break ▁from ▁Soviet ▁social ist ▁real ism ▁combined ▁with ▁efforts ▁to ▁comm emor ate ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁which ▁together ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁an ▁immense ▁quantity ▁of ▁abstract ▁sculpt ural ▁war ▁mem orial s , ▁known ▁today ▁as ▁sp omen ik ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 0