Zale Cemetery (Ljubljana, Slovania) Reviews
Newest Review: ... of grave-tending very seriously and the cemeteries are always flickering with the light of votive candles, real and electronic. You rarely see a bunch of dead flowers in a Slovenian cemetery, they are obviously tied up and replaced before they get to that point. I suppose there are two main reasons for this Slovenian habit of honouring the dead so well. One is that Slovenia is a small country and people tend not to move very far away from their families; even if you were to move to the other end of the country you'd never be more than a couple of hours away from the last resting place of your loved ones. The other reason is to do wit... more
Customer Zale Cemetery (Ljubljana, Slovania) Reviews (1)
by - written on 01/04/12 (Very useful, 73 readings)
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Spending a freezing January afternoon in the company of the dead might not be everyone's idea of a good time but Ljubljana's Zale cemetery is a wonderful work of art and design that is worth a visit at any time of year; in fact, the attention and work that has been invested in the design of the gardens and walkways almost demands that you see it at different times of the year. Designed by Slovenia's best known and most prolific architect Joze Plecnik, Zale was completed in 1940 as a re-working of the older cemetery attached to the Church of the Holy Cross. Examples of Plecnik's work are easy to spot in Ljubljana and few visitors leave the city, even after ... Read the complete review
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