Our last full day in Ljubljana. We walked by the American Embassy

through the Square of the Republic and past the Parliament building.

Then it was over to the Slovenian National Museum to get a look at the exhibit of Roman ruins. This lion was probably placed in a cemetery to guard the deceased.

The Romans considered it important to keep track of where people were buried. Family members visited the graves for at least a year after the death. Below, tombstones and a fragment of a grave marker.

Stone coffins (sarcophagi) mostly for wealthy Romans

Our next stop was the Museum of Modern Art. An interesting display of art in the context of political upheaval, the collection of 20th century Slovenian painting is displayed along with newspapers from the 60’s through the war for independence. Other rooms in the exhibit trace the emergence of the art of the Partisan resistance.

Below, political posters urging citizens to support Slovenian independence from Yugoslavia.

So much history, so much art. I took as much of it all in as I could.

In the morning we said good bye to our neighborhood

and after a final view from above, headed to the train station.