On 27 January 2012 in the main atrium at Ljubljana Central Post Office, a stamp was unveiled dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Ljubljana being enclosed behind a barbed wire fence.

Those attending the presentation of the stamp, which was created by the Slovenian Philatelic Association, the Slovenian Post Office and the Green Ring Society, were addressed by Deputy Mayor Prof Janez Koželj.
During the Second World War from 1942 onwards, under Italian and later German occupation, Ljubljana was surrounded by barbed wire, cutting the city off from its hinterland. The barbed wire fence was guarded by about 1,300 soldiers and 400 police officers who checked all those travelling to and from the city.

Nowadays for residents of Ljubljana, the site of the wire is an important recreational ‘Path of Remembrance and Comradeship’ (PST), maintained as a sandy path for walking and recreation, which forms a complete ring around the entire city. It is 33km long and runs partly through various suburbs of the city and partly through surrounding meadows and woodland. The path was completed in 1985. Along the route where the wire wall ran during the war, 102 octagonal memorial stones were put up between the liberation and 1962 which mark the locations of the occupiers’ bunkers. The designer of the memorial stones was architect Vlasto Kopač. In green areas along the PST, 7,400 trees of 49 diverse species have been planted.

The path is marked with signs, on which its course is drawn, and in addition there are round steel markers built into the ground. Every year around 9 May, the Ljubljana Holiday, which is the anniversary of the liberation of the city at the end of the Second World War, the traditional Walk around Ljubljana is held.

Cycling with ordinary bicycles is also permitted on the path as long as the safety of pedestrians is not compromised. When there is snow on the ground in winter, cross-country ski trails are set up on the path in Koseze, Murgle, in the BS-3 district and in Zadvor pod Sv. Urhom.