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Rožnik
is
a
391-metre-high
wooded
hill
accessible
by
several
footpaths
and
recreational
trails
from
Ljubljana's
Tivoli
park.
Since
the
first
half
of
the
19th
century,
it
has
been
a
favourite
spot
for
local
walkers.
Before
that,
it
was
a
place
where
the
locals
sought
refuge
from
epidemic
diseases,
and
even
further
back
in
the
past
the
site
of
a
leprosarium.
Since
the
16th
century,
the
hilltop
has
been
the
site
of
a
church
of
the
Visitation,
redesigned
by
the
architect
Candido
Zulliani
in
the
18th
century.
A
little
down
the
hill
from
the
church,
the
Pri
Matiji
inn
was
opened
in
the
early
19th
century.
Occasionally,
the
inn
provided
accommodation
to
the
greatest
Slovenian
writer
of
all
time,
Ivan
Cankar
(1876-1918).
The
building
opposite
the
inn
now
houses
the
Ivan
Cankar
Memorial
Room.
A
Cankar
monument
sculpted
by
Frančišek
Smerdu
was
erected
on
the
hilltop,
which
was
named
Cankarjev
vrh
in
the
writer's
honour.
The
most
interesting
in
the
hill's
network
of
criss-crossing
footpaths
is
the
about
3-kilometre-long
Jesenko
Trail
(Jesenkova
pot),
named
after
the
botanist
and
geneticist
Fran
Jesenko
(1875-1932).
The
trail
leads
past
30
different
local
tree
species
marked
with
information
plates.
Several
of
the
hill's
longer
recreational
trails
lead
across
the
nearby
Šišenski
hrib
hill
to
Mostec,
Ljubljana's
popular
recreational
centre
and
event
venue.
At
the
foot
of
Rožnik,
the
Ljubljana
Zoo
is
located.
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