{"id":6206,"date":"2026-01-13T10:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dashboard.piranesi.eu\/?p=6206"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:58:30","slug":"navje-memorial-park-ljubljana-slovenia-1937-1938","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dashboard.piranesi.eu\/navje-memorial-park-ljubljana-slovenia-1937-1938\/","title":{"rendered":"Navje Memorial Park, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1937\/1938"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Navje Cemetery, Ljubljana \u2013 the city\u2019s almost forgotten memorial space<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are not many places in the history of Ljubljana where urban morphology, national symbolism and subtle authorial gestures would be so densely intertwined in the design of a space of memory. The Navje Cemetery, however, is one such place. It is located north of the main railway station and east of the Baraga Seminary, along Robbova Street and Vilharjeva Road. It was established on the eastern edge of the former city cemetery, near St Christopher Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the years 1937 and 1938, Ple\u010dnik transformed Navje into a \u201cpark of the deserving\u201d, where the graves of great personalities of Slovenian culture are arranged in a rational geometry of paths, lawns and stairways. Nevertheless, Navje remained on the margins of research for a long time: due to its smaller scale, the partially implemented broader concept of the Slovenian Place of Glory<\/em>, and the gradual erasure of the positive features of the landscape design due to urbanisation on the edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few years ago, a conservation plan was drawn up due to the need for renovation, which analysed in detail the history of the development of the Navje area and, in particular, the alterations made by architect Jo\u017ee Ple\u010dnik just before World War II. The most important findings of the research are the discovery of the original plan of the Arcades from 1865 and the detailed reconstruction of Ple\u010dnik\u2019s actual park composition from 1937 to 1938. On this basis, the conservation plan sets out the criteria for authenticity, conservation priorities and operational guidelines for renovation and maintenance. The study places Navje among the key projects of Ple\u010dnik\u2019s urban oeuvre and establishes a new benchmark for the research studies of immovable cultural heritage in Slovenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View along the Arcade\u2019s corridor to one of the tombstones positioned on the axis. Photo: Tanja Simoni\u010d Koro\u0161ak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The methodology of the conservation plan for Navje was distinctly interdisciplinary and more extensive than is usually the practice. It included research in almost 20 public and private archives, with documents, photographs, cartography and film recordings, which provided a comprehensive insight into the development of the space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Field probes of the parterre revealed the width, level and materiality of the paths, while those of the Arcades revealed 19th-century murals and the stratigraphy of the plasterwork, making it possible to distinguish Ple\u010dnik\u2019s interventions from older phases. Arboricultural analysis assessed the vitality of the trees, the planting phases and the geometry of the vegetation, while architectural photographs documented the Arcades, portal, stairways, pillars and more than 90 gravestones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Dr Tanja Simoni\u010d Koro\u0161ak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The methodology was supplemented by spatial analyses and a three-dimensional digital reconstruction from 1937 to 1938, which, in addition to documentation, served as a tool for verifying the spatial logic. This combination of sources, research and digital tools enabled an in-depth understanding of Navje as a complex landscape architectural monument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jo\u017ee Ple\u010dnik\u2019s original design for the Navje Cemetery, 1937. Published in the Slovenec magazine, 31 October 1937, p. 16, \u201cNewly arranged cemetery for the deserving Slovenian men at St Kri\u0161tof\u201d. The conceptual design for the renovation of the Arcades and the layout of the open space is the work of the architect Jo\u017ee Ple\u010dnik. The work was led by architect Ivo Spin\u010di\u010d. The landscaping was to be carried out by the gardener Anton Lap, who often collaborated with Ple\u010dnik.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Attempt at reconstruction of the Navje layout from 1937\/38. Render: Vladimir Lutovac.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To read the whole article, please <\/em>order the copy of the magazine<\/em> HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The conservation plan for the Ljubljana Navje Cemetery  was made by the STUDIO TSK OBLIKOVANJE KRAJINE Tanja Simoni\u010d Koro\u0161ak s.p., with the following contributors: Dr Tanja Simoni\u010d Koro\u0161ak (project leader), Dr Tina Poto\u010dnik, Miro Klajder MSc, Tanja Grmov\u0161ek, Smiljan Simerl, Toma\u017e Eben\u0161panger, \u010cila Berden, Vladimir \u010celebi\u0107 Ma\u0161a and Tica Merima.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Navje Cemetery, Ljubljana \u2013 the city\u2019s almost forgotten memorial space There are not many places in the history of Ljubljana where urban morphology, national symbolism and subtle authorial gestures would be so densely intertwined in the design of a space of memory. The Navje Cemetery, however, is one such place. 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