#EuropeForCulture During the Week of Discovering European Cemeteries (WDEC), which takes place within the framework of the Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe (ASCE), this year we will organise free guided tours around the Žale cemetery.
Guided
tours of the cultural heritage of the Žale cemetery will be held twice a day
from 28 May 2018 to 2 June 2018. The guide will be waiting for you in front of
the administrative building at Plečnikovih Žalah (Plečnik's propile) at 10 a.m.
and 5 p.m..
During
the guided tour you will visit the famous Plečnik's Žale, the graves of
well-known Slovenians, the works of famous architects and sculptors, and other
important parts of the Žale cemetery, which is actually an outdoor museum.
Cemeteries
as a cultural heritage are an important part of our history and art, and
therefore are the tourist attractions of cities where one can feel the history
and culture of the local population. One such is also the Žale cemetery. Due to
its high cultural, historical and artistic value, it is one of the most
beautiful European cemeteries. Many giants of our history are buried at the
Žale cemetery: poets, writers, sculptors, painters, composers, architects,
actors, engineers, politicians, athletes, etc. There are also many cemeteries
from the I. and II. World War II in the cemetery and other memorials. The
cemetery is also important as the second largest city (Ljubljana) park and is
interesting in all seasons of the year.
In Slovenian:
V času Dnevov dediščine evropskih pokopališč, ki potekajo v okviru
mednarodnega Združenja pomembnih evropskih pokopališč (ASCE), bomo tudi letos organizirali
brezplačna vodenja po pokopališču
Žale.
Vodenja po kulturni dediščini pokopališča Žale bodo potekala dvakrat
dnevno od 28. 5. 2018 do vključno 2. 6.
2018. Vodnik vas bo pričakal pred upravno stavbo na Plečnikovih Žalah
(Plečnikov propilej) ob 10. in ob 17. uri.
V okviru vodenega ogleda si boste ogledali znamenite
Plečnikove Žale, grobove znanih Slovencev, dela znanih arhitektov in
kiparjev ter druge pomembnejše dele pokopališča Žale, ki je dejansko
muzej na prostem.
Pokopališča so kot kulturna dediščina pomemben del
naše zgodovine in umetnosti ter so zato tudi turistične znamenitosti mest, kjer
je mogoče začutiti zgodovino in kulturo lokalnega prebivalstva. Eno takšnih je
tudi pokopališče Žale. Zaradi svoje visoke kulturno-zgodovinske in umetniške
vrednosti je eno najlepših evropskih pokopališč. Na pokopališču Žale so
pokopani mnogi velikani naše zgodovine: pesniki, pisatelji, kiparji, slikarji,
skladatelji, arhitekti, igralci, inženirji, politiki, športniki, itd. Prav tako
je na njem veliko pokopališč iz I. in II. svetovne vojne ter drugih spominskih
obeležij. Pokopališče je pomembno tudi kot drugi največji mestni park in je
zanimivo v vseh letnih časih.
Vljudno vabljeni!