Spomenik Valentina Vodnika

Nice plaza with good views of the area.

Valentin Vodnik, slovenski duhovnik, frančiškan, pesnik, prevajalec, razsvetljenec, jezikoslovec, učitelj, novinar in urednik, * 3. februar 1758, Zgornja Šiška pri Ljubljani, † 8. januar 1819, Ljubljana.

Nice

It was nice to meet you and learn about you Mr. Vodnik!

I could only give my namesake 5 stars, but I can understand if you rate it lower. Right next to Ljubljana castle tram so worth 10 minutes on the way up.

Valentin Vodnik was a Slovenian priest, poet, teacher and a journalist. He was born in Ljubljana in 1758. He studied in Novo mesto and Gorizia and became a priest of the Franciscan order. Later he worked as a priest in the towns of Sora, Bled and Ribnica. When he returned to Ljubljana at the end of the 18th century he started to work as a teacher. At that time he was also writing poetry. From 1797 to 1800 he was also the editor of the first Slovenian newspaper called Lublanske novice". At the beginning of the 19th century he supported the French occupation of Slovenia and he praised Napoleon Bonaparte. After the end of the French rule in 1813 he retired from public life and died in 1819. The monument was made in 1889 by the sculptor Alojz Gangl in Vienna. It is made of bronze and it stands on a stone pedestal. It was unveiled on 30th June 1889 with a 3-day celebration. This was the first public Slovene national monument. In 1929 the letters "R" and "F" were added on the pedestal as a reference to the First French Republic. Also the laureal wreath and the inscription "Vodnik" were added at the same time. They were all a gift of the country of France. Once the monument

Turisti že prihajajo in Vodnikov spomenik z tržnico je vredno fotografirati...

Who wrote the first Slovene kookbook? It was this priest, journalist and poet. Vodnik was active in the late Enlightenment period around the 18th century.You can find his statue easily at the entrance towards the castle.

Valentin Vodnik 1758-1819, je med najpomembnejšimi Slovenci. Bil je pesnik, novinar, duhovnik. Spomenik je morda malce nerodno obrnjen proti zgradbam, namesto proti tržnem prostoru. Drugače lep spomenik.

A verry nice pice of art and history