Žale Central Cemetery

Also known as Žale, Žale Cemetery

Žale Central Cemetery (), often simply Žale, is the largest and the central cemetery in Ljubljana and Slovenia. It is located in the Bežigrad District and operated by the Žale Public Company.

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Cemetery.name: Žale Central CemeteryCentralno pokopališče Žale
Cemetery.image: Vhodni portal pokopališča Žale.jpg
Cemetery.imagesize: 300
Cemetery.caption: Plečnik's monumental entrance to Žale
Cemetery.established: 1906
Cemetery.country: Slovenia
Cemetery.location: Bežigrad, Ljubljana
Cemetery.owner: Žale Public Company
Cemetery.interments: 150,000

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Instance of: cemetery
Country: Slovenia
Located in: Ljubljana City Municipality
Official website: www.zale.si
Image: Žale - panoramio (6).jpg

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landscape architect: Marko Mušič
Commons category: Žale
category for people buried here: Category:Burials at Žale
quantity buried: 150000
inception: 1906-00-00
architect: Edvard Ravnikar
date of official opening: 1906-00-00

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Žale Central Cemetery (), often simply Žale, is the largest and the central cemetery in Ljubljana and Slovenia. It is located in the Bežigrad District and operated by the Žale Public Company.

== History == thumb|left|The ossuary of the victims of the First World War The cemetery was built in 1906 behind Holy Cross Church. The first burial was performed in the same year on May 3, when the priest Martin Malenšek was transferred there from the old Navje cemetery.

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