Tivoli Pond

Tivoli Pond in late spring (before the 2011 renovation). View towards north, with Rožnik Hill in the background. A cafe operates next to the northwestern corner.

Tivoli Pond (Slovene: Tivolski ribnik, less often Tivolski bajer[1][2] or simply Tivoli[3] or Ribnjak ('pond')[4]) is a man-made pond at the southeastern end of Tivoli City Park in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It was created in 1880. It is part of Tivoli–Rožnik Hill–Šiška Hill Landscape Park and has been used for recreation, fishing, and as a flood-control reservoir.[5][6][7] The pond is administered by the Barje Fishing Club.[3] It has been home to a variety of native and non-native animal species and it has served as a theme and a scene for visual artists and musicians.

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  5. ^ Smrekar, Aleš. Bojan Erhartič. Mateja Šmid Hribar (2011). Krajinski park Tivoli, Rožnik in Šišenski hrib [Tivoli–Rožnik–Šiška Hill Landscape Park]. ZRC Publishing House. p. 32. ISBN 978-961-254-291-7.
  6. ^ Gazvoda, Davorin (21 June 2011). "Med varstvom in kaosom: Odnos Slovencev do prostora" [Between Protection and Chaos: The Attitude of Slovenians to Space] (in Slovenian). Mladina.
  7. ^ Habič, Marko (1997). "Tivolski ribnik" [Tivoli Pond]. Prestolnica Ljubljana nekoč in danes [A Pictorial Chronicle of a Capital City]. National Publishing House of Slovenia. ISBN 86-341-2007-4.