General Maister Monument (Brdar)

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General Maister Monument (Brdar)
Artist Jakov Brdar
Year1999 (1999)
TypeSculpture
Location Ljubljana
Coordinates 46°3′27″N14°30′36.69″E / 46.05750°N 14.5101917°E / 46.05750; 14.5101917

The General Maister Monument (Slovene : Spomenik generala Maistra) is a bronze equestrian statue of Rudolf Maister [1] [2] that stands in a park at Liberation Front Square (Trg Osvobodilne fronte) in front of the Ljubljana railway station. [3] It was created in 1999 by Jakov Brdar as a tribute of the City of Ljubljana to Maister, the first Slovene major general, who secured for Slovenia the city of Maribor. [1]

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