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| Tivoli Park |
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A few minutes’ walk from the centre of the
city: from Prešeren Square along Čopova and Cankarjeva streets,
a few more steps
and you have reached the green heart of the Slovenian capital.
Tivoli Park is a meeting point for athletes, pedestrians,
young mothers with toddlers and all admirers of city
nature. It is
also a place where more or less important Ljubljana’s citizens
come to show off their pets; a place for cyclists, young
people on roller-blades and skateboards. The park is
always alive,
be it spring, summer, autumn or winter, during the week or
at weekends. In winter, when covered with snow, it lures
you to a snowballs fight; in spring, it is a heaven for
lovers;
in summer, it invites you to lie down on grass or have a
picnic under a shady tree. If you head towards the top
of the park,
you will find the marvellous Cekin Castle.
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| The Botanical Garden |
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Ljubljana’s Botanical Garden has been open since 1810. It features
over 4,500 different plant species and forms, more than a
third of which are native, while the rest come from all over
the world. The garden is divided into several sections: an
arboretum with many species of trees, a plant system where
plants are arranged according to their development tree,
ecological groups (swamp and water plants), a conservatory
(mainly for tropical plants demanding greater humidity) and
a cultivation section (flower beds for plant cultivation
and research).
Ižanska cesta
15
Bus Number 3 (Direction Rudnik)
in summer from 7.00 to 19.00
(April-October)
in winter from 7.00 to 17.00 (November-March)
Free visit
Admission for guided tour. |
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| Congress Square |
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The square was named after the second Congress of Holy Alliance,
which took place in Ljubljana in 1821. During the congress,
Ljubljana hosted all important political personalities and
leaders of the time who discussed the future of Europe, from
Austrian Emperor Franz I. and Sicilian king Ferdinand to
Metternich and Russian tsar Alexander I.
Beside Congress Square lies Zvezda Park, where some Roman
remains can still be seen, including a statue of a citizen
of Emona
on the southern side of the park. Beside it stands a well
preserved section of the Roman wall and a sarcophagus
dating from that
time.
The site of the present Zvezda Park, which was named after
its star-like shape, was once occupied by the Capuchin
monastery, the remains of which were removed prior to
the congress of
1821. Zvezda Park was arranged in 1824, following French
examples.
In 1918, the establishment of the Kingdom of the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenians was celebrated on Congress Square
while, on
May 9, 1945, the inhabitants of Ljubljana gathered there
to celebrate the city’s liberation from the occupying
forces. In recent Slovenian history, Congress Square
was the venue
of another important event, namely the then American
President Bill Clinton’s address to Slovenian people
on June 21,
1999.
Congress Square has certainly earned its name, although
events written in its history were not congresses in
the literal
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