Prešeren Grove, Memorial park in Kranj, Slovenia

Prešeren Grove is a tree-filled park in Kranj located between Gregorčič Street and Partisan Street, featuring walking paths, benches, and multiple monuments. The landscaped grounds include shaded areas and organized pathways that allow visitors to move through the space comfortably.

Kranj's town cemetery stood by the parish church in the centre until the end of the 18th century, when it was moved outside the town walls to the field where Prešeren Grove now lies. In 1952 the space was redesigned as a memorial park by architects Marjan Šorli and Ruška Ogorevc. The paved paths meet at a central pergola on eight columns with a three-part semicircular roof.

The grove is named after France Prešeren, who is buried here; his grave holds the first Slovenian public monument, erected on a mass patriotic initiative. The park also contains the tombstone of his daughter Ernestina Jelovšek, the grave of poet Simon Jenko, and the Majdič tomb with a marble relief of the Resurrection.

The park lies in the city centre between Partizanska and Gregorčičeva streets, owned by the Municipality of Kranj. Paved stone paths run in from every side and meet at a central pergola on eight columns with a three-part semicircular roof. The graves and monuments stand along these paths, so a loop on foot covers the whole grove.

The grounds hold one of Europe's earliest monuments commemorating victims of fascist violence, erected in 1931. It honors antifascists from Bazovica and Vladimir Gortan, marking a rare historical moment when organized remembrance against fascism took shape.