Navier ( Slovenian. Navje ) is a memorial park with the graves of prominent Slovenes in Ljubljana .
| Memorial park | |
| Navier | |
|---|---|
 Arcade with the graves of famous citizens | |
| A country |  Slovenia |
| Ljubljana | |
| Status | cultural monument |
| condition | closed |
It was created in the late 1930s on the outskirts of the now-extant city cemetery of St. Krishtoff , operating from 1779 to 1906. In the middle of the XX century, the park received the ancient Slavic name Navier [1] . Located north of the city center, near the railway station of Ljubljana.
History
The cemetery was founded in 1779 at the church of St. Krishtof (demolished in the second half of the XX century). In the 1830-1850s, the construction of decorative tombstones made of stone with elements of ancient art : vases, urns, obelisks, columns, sarcophagi belongs. In the mid-century, elements of medieval art were added to them, including the Romanesque style . In the 1860s, gravestones appeared in the Neo-Gothic and Neo - Romanesque styles, in the 1880s - in the Neo - Renaissance style , at the beginning of the 20th century - neoclassicism . The inscriptions on the tombstones are made mainly in the Slovenian language, as well as in German, Latin, Polish and Czech [2] .
In the middle of the XIX century, an arcade in the classical style was erected in the eastern part of the cemetery. Throughout the XIX century it was the largest burial place of the city. It was closed in 1906 in connection with the opening of a new city cemetery near the church of St. Krizh (now the Jale cemetery). Subsequently, it was abandoned, in its place a city building was erected.
At the end of the 1930s, part of the cemetery was transformed into a memorial park, designed by architects José Plečnik , Yves Spinčić and gardener Anton Lach [3] . In 2009, the park was assigned to monuments of national importance [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Navje unopened (inaccessible link - history ) . // visitljubljana.com. Date of treatment July 29, 2013.
- ↑ Rudezh, Sanda. Tipografija Navja . - S. 2-4. (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Kratka ekskurzija . // lgd-geografi.si. Date of treatment July 29, 2013.
- ↑ Register nepremične kulturne dediščine . // giskd2s.situla.org. Date of treatment July 29, 2013.