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.
Key facts
- 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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- Official website
- www.zale.si
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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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