Via Čop

Via Čop (in sloveno: Čopova ulica) è un'importante strada pedonale situata nel centro di Lubiana, la capitale della Slovenia.

via Čop
via Čop da piazza Prešeren
Altri nomi	via elefante, strada Slonenia, via Prešeren
Localizzazione
Stato	Slovenia
Città	Lubiana
Distretto	centro
Informazioni generali
Tipo	Strada pedonale
Lunghezza	205 m circa
Intitolazione	allo storico, linguista ed insegnante sloveno Matija Čop
Collegamenti
Inizio	piazza Prešeren
Fine	strada Slovenia
Mappa

The street leads from the Main Post Office (Glavna pošta) at Slovene Street (Slovenska cesta) to Prešeren Square (Prešernov trg).

Storia

Until the late 19th century, the street was known as Elephant Street (Slonova ulica) in memory of an elephant present in the city in the 16th century. A gift from the Ottoman sultan, the animal had been traveling in the entourage of Emperor Maximilian II on his way back from Spain to Germany, and had been stabled at what is now the upper part of the street in 1550, where the Slon Hotel now stands.

In 1892, the name of the street was changed to Prešeren Street (Prešernova ulica). In 1949, it was renamed Čop Street after Matija Čop, an early 19th-century literary figure and close friend of the Slovene Romantic poet France Prešeren.