During the Week of Discovering European Cemeteries 2016, Pogrebno podjetje Maribor will organize a special lecture and presentation of the guide "Symbols at Cemetery Pobrežje".
Exploring symbols at Cemetery Pobrežje
The program of activities prepared by Pogrebno podjetje Maribor for this years Week of Discovering European Cemeteries refers to the project “Symbols, stories of cultural life”.Within this project, a research was conducted about the presence, stories and interpretations of symbols at the Cemetery Pobrežje. From a pool of more than 80 memorials with interesting symbols, 3 routes were prepared in the mobile guide ARtour - first including professional symbols, second including religious symbols and third including destiny symbols at the Cemetery Pobrežje.
These routes reveal memories about the individual stories of people buried at the cemetery and at the same time reflect the history, traditions and cultural heritage of the area. All the routes are prepared in Slovenian and English language, and are thus available to domestic and foreign visitors.
Lecture and presentation of the guide "Symbols at Cemetery Pobrežje"
During the Week of Discovering European Cemeteries, visitors will be able to attend a special lecture entitled "Symbols at the Cemetery Pobrežje", where they will learn more about the project Symbols and about the newly created routes.The lecture will take place on Thursday, 2nd June 2016 at 4 pm, in the chapel located at the southern part of the Cemetery Pobrežje.
Accompanying activities will include:
- a presentation of symbols through photos that will be on display in front of the entrance to the chapel throughout the year and
- a special flower exhibition of musical arrangements associated with the symbols at the Cemetery Pobrežje, which will take place from 2nd to 5th June 2016 in front of the flower shop Cvetličarna Aralija (near the main entrance at the Cemetery Pobrežje and also near the side entrance of Cemetery Dobrava),