Until 1968, only coffin burials were performed in Žale, but in that year the "Žale Crematorium" was built and the urn burials became available too.
=== Plečnikove Žale ===Sprva je bil za načrtovanje kompleksa z mrtvašnico zadolžen arhitekt Ivo Spinčič, toda zaradi nestrinjanja naročnikov z njegovim načrtom, je leta 1936 projekt prevzel Jože Plečnik.