The public company Žale is organising free tours of the Žale cemetery during the Heritage Days of European Cemeteries, held between 29 May and 2 June.

Cemeteries as cultural heritage are an important part of our history and art, and therefore also tourist landmarks of cities where history and culture of the local residents can be felt. One of them is the Žale cemetery.

The Žale cemetery is due to its high cultural, historical and artistic value one of the most beautiful cemeteries in Europe. With Plečnik’s heritage, creations of famous Slovenian artists and its horticulture it is admired by the professional and wider public around the world. Plečnik’s Žale – Garden of All Saints is certainly the most creative cemetery architecture solution of the 20th century. It is a unique structure in Europe and in 2007 it received the European Heritage Label on an intergovernmental initiative. Since 2009 it is also recognised as a cultural monument of national importance. Currently the procedure for its entry onto the UNESCO World Heritage List is underway. Many giants from our history are buried at Žale: poets, writers, sculptors, painters, composers, architects, actors, engineers, politicians, athletes.

The participants of guided tours, taking place from 29 May until 4 June, at 10.00 and 17.00 every day, can see the famous Plečnik’s Žale, graves of well-known Slovenians, works of renowned architects and sculptors as well as other significant parts of Žale, which is in reality an open-air museum.

The Heritage Days of European Cemeteries are held within the framework of the Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe (ASCE). Prior registration for the tour is not needed. The tour guide is waiting in front of the administration building at Plečnik’s Žale (Plečnik’s Propylaea) at 10.00 and 17.00.