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Mass Grave of the Talces, Draga near Begunje

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Grobišče talcev, Draga pri Begunjah

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The memorial site in Dragi consists of:

  • a bronze statue of a partisan, the work of sculptor Boris Kaliň
  • a stone obelisk with an inscription (this description by EŠD 125 does not include it!)
  • triangular memorial stones of three sizes, arranged in clusters. In total, 111.

The mass grave 161 (according to PPS 188) of partisans from the internment camps was opened in 1953 as a memorial park, surrounded by a wall, within which are groups of stone bases and a statue of a partisan from 1954 (stolen and destroyed in 2008 and today restored), the work of Boris Kaliň. The architect of the layout was Edo Ravnikar. In 1957, the mass grave was expanded with a central monument, also designed according to Ravnikar's plan. It was made by Ljubljana Stone Carving, and the text was written by poet Matej Bor.

EŠD 125

Monuments of Our Revolution, Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 1961, p. 115.

Guide to Partisan Paths, Ljubljana: Borec, 1978, p. 236.

Along the Path of Memories: Radovljica Collection, Radovljica: Municipal Conference of SDZL, 1990, pp. 63–67.

Overview of War Graves in Radovljica: number of graves = 1, total buried = 188 - GRAVE 188 PARTISANS BURIED IN NINE SHARED GRAVES, SHOT FROM AUGUST 1941 TO MAY 1942 known = 185, unknown = 3

In September 2021, the partisan monument and the memorial stones were cleaned, and the inscriptions were restored.

Translation · AI tier 7

Sources

  • Partizanstvo.si — Partizanski spomeniki (#90) (ca141966-dc6d-43d0-b072-b9c57c92db77) — Partizanstvo.si — Partizanski spomeniki (#90)

Location & map

Map position available (Point) · spatial accuracy: 4 — Accurate

Textual location description

Desno ob cesti Begunje-Draga, 500 m naprej od gradu Kamen.

Map overview
Karte: © OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), SRTM

Coordinates (WGS84)46.38425° N, 14.21809° E

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