This lovely square, with leafy Zvezda Park (Star Park) at its centre and a new underground car park beneath, was named in honour of the Congress of the Holy Alliance, convened by Austria, Prussia, Russia and Naples in 1821 and hosted by Ljubljana. Today, the square is a popular venue for open-air concerts and national celebrations. To the south at No 12 is the central building of Ljubljana University , erected as a ducal palace in 1902.
The small gilded statue on top of a column at the western end of the square is a copy (the original is in the National Museum) of the Roman-era Citizen of Emona , dating from the 4th century and unearthed not far from here in 1836. Just south is a newly excavated section of the city's northern gate .
