Path of Remembrance and Comradeship, Memorial trail in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
The Path of Remembrance and Comradeship is a gravel walkway about 33 km long and 4 m wide that forms a ring around Ljubljana, following the line of the wartime barbed-wire fence. It passes Koseze Pond and crosses Golovec Hill, and because the city has grown it now runs through some built-up areas, such as the stretch from Koseze across Celovška cesta and Dunajska cesta near Stožice Stadium.
Italian forces encircled Ljubljana with barbed wire on 22 February 1942, on the orders of High Commissioner Emilio Grazioli and General Mario Robotti, cutting the city off from its hinterland for 1,171 days. The final ring was 29,663 m long, 5 to 8 m wide and up to 2 m high, with 206 bunkers. It stood until Tito entered the city on 26 May 1945.
The path's Slovene name, Pot spominov in tovarištva, was fixed by architect Vlasto Kopač, who laid out the route and its markings; earlier names were Trail Along the Occupied Ljubljana's Wire and Avenue of Remembrance and Comradeship. Since 1957 a March Along the Wire is held on the weekend nearest 9 May, Ljubljana's liberation day; walkers covering the whole loop collect stamps at eight checkpoints for a badge and medal.
The path is divided into sections, allowing visitors to walk just a portion or spread the full route across multiple days. Various starting points are reachable by public transport.
The 102 octagonal memorial stones were designed by architect Vlasto Kopač and stand where the ring's bunkers once were; the sources record 206 bunkers in all. Groups of 88 trees along the route form the "Avenue in Memory of Comrade Tito", a number matching Tito's 88 years of life.
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