It is located in the Bežigrad District and operated by the Žale Public Company.

The first burial was performed in the same year on May 3, when the priest Martin Malenšek was transferred there from the old Navje cemetery.

During World War I, many of the fallen soldiers of all sides were buried in Žale.

In 1923 the authorities allowed Jews and Muslims to be buried in Žale too, but only on the exterior side of the cemetery wall.

It is a special architecture with monumental entrance with big arch, with different small chapels and some additional buildings.