Tivoli Park – Ljubljana Slovenia

Tivoli Park in Ljubljana Slovenia
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5 minutes walk from the historical city center of Ljubljana.

Tivoli Park is filled with gardens, sculptures and historic buildings including Tivoli Castle, Cekin Castle and Tivoli Hall.

Tivoli Park is the largest green space in Ljubljana, Slovenia and the perfect place to relax in nature and escape from the city rush.

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Address: Tivoli, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
5 minutes walk from the historical city center of Ljubljana.
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Tivoli Castle

Tivoli Castle is a mansion and is the terminus of the Jakopič Promenade. Built in the 17th century atop the ruins of a previous Renaissance-period castle, the mansion was initially owned by the Jesuits. In the middle of the 19th century, it was renovated by Marshal Joseph Radetzky (1766–1858) in the Neoclassical style, giving it its present appearance. In 1864, Austrian sculptors in a Moravian foundry designed four cast-iron dogs that stand in front of the castle. In some older books they were attributed to the sculptor Anton Dominik Fernkorn (1813–1878). Because the dogs do not have tongues, it has been falsely rumoured that the sculptor Fernkorn committed suicide by shooting himself due to this mistake.

Cekin Mansion

Cekin Mansion is a mansion on the northern edge of Tivoli Park. It houses the Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia. The mansion was built in 1720, commissioned by Leopold Lamberg and based on plans by the Viennese Baroque architect Fischer von Erlach. Since 1951, it has housed the national museum of contemporary history.

Tivoli Pond

At the southeastern end of Tivoli Park in Ljubljana Slovenia is located Tivoli Pond. The pond is shaped like a rectangle and is shallow with a small volume. In 2011, it was thoroughly renovated. It has been used for recreation, fishing, and as a flood-control reservoir. It has served as a theme of visual artists and musicians. There is a small stone plastic named Ribe (“Fish”) in the pond. It is a depiction of two vertically standing fish, created in 1935 by the expressionist sculptor France Kralj and erected in 1994. On a lawn beside the pond, an open-air library operates in warm weather and a workshop on recycling books and other printed matter, called “The Read Ones.” During winter, the library moves into the nearby greenhouse.

Greenhouse and rose garden at Tivoli Park in Ljubljana Slovenia

A greenhouse with tropical plants, operated by the Ljubljana Botanical Gardens, stands near the northwestern end of the pond in Tivoli Park in Ljubljana Slovenia. Next to the greenhouse, there is a rose garden. It was created from 1993 to 1994 and renovated in 2007. Over 160 types of roses, including the first Slovenian cultivar, “Prešeren“, were added in 2010.

Source: www.wikipedia.org