Ljubljana, along the river

Ljubljana in the rain

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May 1st 2016
This morning we visited Ljubljana, the capital of Slovania. It is a city of about 300,000. We had a guided tour of the older part of the city. Much of the city was rebuilt after the 1895 earthquake. A number of buildings that survived the earthquake still stand in the historic part of town. It is remarkable the way they incorporated Roman, medieval, Baroque and Habsburg elements with more modern d ... read more

Europe » Slovenia

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The Slovene lands were part of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria until 1918 when the Slovenes joined the Serbs and Croats in forming a new multinational state, renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. After World War II, Slovenia became a republic of the renewed ... ... read more