Revolution Square was built in 1960 as part of a competition to design a place to erect a monument to the Yugoslav
National Liberation War and Socialist Revolution. The design was changed to reduce the height of the towers and to include a conference centre amongst the open plan square. In 1991, following the
Slovenian independence referendum and despite the
Socialist Republic of Slovenia negotiating with the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to change the union into a confederation, the independence of Slovenia was declared in Republic Square. It was also renamed Republic Square as a result. Slovenian
Statehood Day celebrations were held in Republic Square for the first five years but following a 5th anniversary military parade, the official celebrations were moved from Republic Square to
Cankar Centre (Cankarjev dom). Though they were later moved back to Republic Square. Despite its significance in Slovenian statehood, it was predominantly used as a car park. In 2014, the
Urban Municipality of Ljubljana renovated it to make it pedestrianised whilst the
Government of Slovenia declared it a monument of national importance. It was proposed that a new monument to Slovenian independence be erected in Republic Square to unite people. ==References==