Monument for the Hostages in Rožna Dolina
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Completed: 1952
Architects: Nikolaj Bežek (architect) and Ivan Štrekelj (sculptor)
Genre: Spomenik, Socialist monument, former Yugoslavia
Rožna Dolina, which translates as Rose Valley, used to be a former independent settlement in the southwest part of Ljubljana that is nowadays a part of the city proper. The moment, which is in the style of socialist realism, is dedicated to captives from that area who were killed during the National Liberation War (World War II).
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