Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Slovenia - Ljubljana (1)


LJUBLJANA
The view of Ljubljana. At the top of the hill is the Ljubljana Castle.

Sent by Lili, a postcrosser from Slovenia.

This is from Wikipedia : Ljubljana ([lʲubˈlʲana]; German: Laibach, Italian: Lubiana, Latin: Labacum) is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 280,000 inhabitants. Throughout its history, it has been influenced by its geographic position at the crossroads of Germanic, Latin and Slavic cultures.

For centuries, Ljubljana was the capital of the historical region of Carniola, and in the 20th century it became the cultural, scientific, economic, political and administrative centre of Slovenia, independent since 1991. Its transport connections, concentration of industry, scientific and research institutions and cultural tradition are contributing factors to its leading position.

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