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The statue of Slovenia's greatest national poet tells the story of unrequited love. A likeness of France Prešeren stands on a pedestal in the eastern side of the square named after him. He faces the window where Julija Primic, the unattainable love of his life, once lived. Behind him and above his head is a statue of a Muse, with a laurel branch in her outstretched hand. Prešeren is holding a book symbolizing his poems. Seven sculptors competed for the commission, which was won by Ivan Zajec. The statue at Preseren Monument & Square was cast in a foundry in Vienna and unveiled in 1905, in front of 20000 people.
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