Cekin Mansion (Slovene: Cekinov grad, German: Leopoldsruhe[1]) is a mansion on the northern edge of Tivoli Park in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is located next to Tivoli Hall in the Šiška District. It houses the Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia (Muzej novejše zgodovine Slovenije).[2]
Name
The mansion is named after Lőrincz (or Laurenz) Szőgyény[3] (1741–1805),[4] the husband of Ivana Lamberg, who was given the building.[5][6] The name Szőgyény was Slovenized by the townspeople into Cekin.[5][7]
Since 1951, the mansion has housed the Museum of Contemporary History.[2] The museum includes collections from World War I, the interwar period, World War II, postwar Yugoslavia, and independent Slovenia. This includes many historical items, including archives, artworks, and photographs.
References
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^Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 113.
^ abcdGams, Matija. "Cekinov grad" [Cekin's Mansion]. In Šmid Hribar, Mateja; Golež, Gregor; Podjed, Dan; Kladnik, Drago; Erhartič, Bojan; Pavlin, Primož; Ines, Jerele (eds.). Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem – DEDI [Encyclopedia of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Slovenia] (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
^Jahrbuch. 1895. Vienna: Heraldisch-Genealogische Gesellschaft "Adler," p. 217.
^Nagy, Iván (1863). Magyarország családai. Pest: Kiadja Ráth Mór. p. 845. Retrieved October 19, 2018.