Park vojaške zgodovine Pivka
Kolodvorska 51, SI-6257 Pivka
Phone386 (0) 5 721 2180, 386 (0) 31 775 002
Founded byMinistry of Defence
Janko Boštjančič, Head
Park of Military History Pivka
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The place has been set up in tight cooperation between the Pivka municipality, the Ministry of Defence, the curatorial department of the Military Museum of Slovenian Armed Forces and also a number of enthusiasts and collectors from the area, who contributed greatly both in terms of artefacts as well as knowledge.
Artefacts and exhibitions
The park has four main parts, which are thematically segmented into pavilions A, B and C and the Komanda building. The latter used to be the barracks headquarters, with is nowadays again serving as headquarters of the park. Besides the office spaces, there is a multimedia room, a museum shop and the Pivka Canteen, a restaurant that offers an army-like ambient and the food to match (groups can even order dinners in the caverns from the 1st World War). Komanda also houses the exhibition called Regio Carsica Militaris, presenting the historical trajectories that crossed the area around Pivka from the Roman time onwards, where the occupying and passing armies have among other things also left a trail of forts and barricades.
An array of the bigger and more imposing artefacts is housed in the pavilions, with the newest and biggest one of them being foremost dedicated to the Slovenian war of independence and the historical currents surrounding it. There is the equipment Slovenian Territorial Defence forces, the infamous Gazelle helicopter (associated with one of the more curios chapters of the war), tanks and other vehicles from the old Yugoslavian army, and also the explanatory context of these events. It is the first of this kind of comprehensive exhibition in Slovenia
In the same space, there are also a few aeroplanes from around the world (among them the American F-86 Sabre and Yugoslavian SOKO 522) and a Yugoslavian submarine P-913. These pieces are presented not only as the industrial and technical heritage but are also accompanied by materials that offer a more personal historical perspective. The same goes for the materials exhibited in the other two pavilions,with the most prominent among them being the many tanks and artillery pieces. Some of them were provided to the Yugoslavian army during the cold war by the USA, while others – like the famous German cannon Flak 88 and the American Long Tom 155mm cannon, both used during the 2nd World War – have been acquired by various other means.
History trails
The park also established two historical trails in the surrounding area. They connect the old barracks in Pivka with an abandoned military polygon, an underground fort built by the Italians in the 1930s, the accompanying underground tunnels and some other relevant points of interest.
Festival of military history
Similarly as the park, the Festival of military history has also been running since 2006. It has taken different forms, but its main component are still battle re-enactments, usually based on important historical moments. For example, to commemorate the 70 years since the end of the 2nd World War, the battle for Berlin between the Red Army and the German army was re-enacted in 2015.
There are also lectures, additional exhibitions, flea market of military artefacts, children’s workshops and also some other events.
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