Cemeteries and memorials to visit Slovenia

The remains were discovered in 1952. In the middle of the 3rd century, the flooded Savinja had swept everything away. The mausoleum of Spectatius (II) was erected for himself and his son as stated in the inscription. This monument to the right of the central aisle is the most important. Downstairs is the burial urn. The Four Seasons fill the walls while in the middle of the canopy, the mother of the two Priscanius is in the spotlight.

Enius was given the most beautiful mausoleum. It's a beautiful work of art. A bas-relief depicts a bull ridden by Princess Europe. Bas-reliefs decorate the sides of the double-cap canopy: a horse fleeing from a lion, a gazelle being chased by a dog.

With the westernmost mausoleum of Secundianius (IV), the decline of Rome is on display. Built in 250, the building is crude. To the right of the aisle leading to it, an isolated funerary altar is dedicated to Vindonius, an important Celtic figure. On the front wall, a bas-relief represents Hercules bringing Alcestis back from the underworld.

If you wish to discover all the Roman heritage of the region of Celeia (today's Celje), this place is for you because it allows you to become aware of the organization of daily and economic life within the Roman Empire through the practical example of a necropolis. To complete your ancient knowledge of the region, visit the Regional Museum of Celje and its subsoil or Poetovio (today's Ptuj).

From 1915 to 1917, the regions of Upper Posočje, Goriška Brda and Krast were part of the Soča Front. Soldiers of many nationalities fought, suffered and died here. Many vestiges of this period have been preserved: trenches, fortifications, underground shelters, memorial sites, military graves, chapels..

The "Path of Peace" was inaugurated in 2007, linking six open-air museums and the most important relics and memorial sites of the Soča front over a distance of 100 km. From 2011, it was extended and a "Peace Trail from the Alps to the Adriatic" was set up in collaboration with the local authorities of Goriška Brda, the Karst (Kras) region and, on the Italian side, with some municipalities in the neighboring Friuli Venezia Giulia region. Today, it stretches 550 km to Trieste and includes numerous open-air museums. The principle remains that of linking the regions and people of the former Soča Front and raising awareness of the values of peace and common development. The trail starts at Log pod Mangartom, passes the fort at Kluže, the open-air museums at Ravelnik and Čelo. After the village of Drežnica, the road crosses the Italian ossuary and splits in two between Kobarid and Tolmin: one branch takes us to the Kolovrat open-air museum, the other to Mrzli vrh. Both paths then lead to Nova Gorica on the Italian border.

This gigantic cemetery is established in the district of Bezigrad. Some 150,000 people have been buried here since its inauguration in 1906. In addition to these impressive figures, the cemetery is visited for its fourteen chapels dedicated to the patron saints and its monumental colonnaded entrance designed by Jože Plečnik. He is buried here, as are several other local personalities such as Ivan Cankar and Oton Župančič. The Ravnikar ossuary is also imposing and is home to more than 5,000 victims of the Great War.