The promenade in Ljubljana

Kaj je promenada?

Abstract

In the time after the French Revolution, the promenade was a trend that was moving increasingly out of private gardens onto the streets, and also to the first public gardens and tree-lined avenues cropping up in the city. Particularly in the 19lh century, the urban redevelopment of the cities also took into consideration this habit, as a result of which numerous cities set aside places for walking - amongst them also Ljubljana. From its very beginnings, the custom of going for a walk was mostly a social event for all those who engaged in this exercise of a Sunday or other afternoon. After the Second World War, the promenade - both custom and walkway alike - remained only in memory, as a theme for reminiscences, or a scene preserved on numerous photographs.