The Vodnik Monument in Ljubljana
Keywords:
Valentin Vodnik, Franc Zajec, Alojzij Gangl, public monuments, cultural heritage statuaryAbstract
The monument of the poet, journalist and linguist Valentin Vodnik in Ljubljana was the first Slovenian national monument. The initiative for a figurative monument of Vodnik was made in 1857. On 2 February 1858 (upon the centenary ofVodnik’s birth), the plaque was unveiled during a ceremony at Vodnik’s house of birth in Šiška. It took 30 years to collect money for the statue in Ljubljana. Vodnik’s monument was the work of the young sculptor Alojzij Gangl (1859–1935). The monument was unveiled on 30 June 1889 in front of the Ljubljana lyceum as part of a three-day ceremony in honor of Vodnik that was attended by national societies and over 10,000 people.
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