Transcript REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIJA

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Ljubljana
Maribor
Celje
Koper
Portorož
Piran
Kranj
Nova Gorica
Novo Mesto
Ptuj
Murska Sobota
Idrija
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LJUBLJANA
• Below the ground in the
centre of the city, there
are 2000 years old ruins
of Emona, the Roman
town.
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Ljubljana is Slovenija’s
biggest city and its the capital
of Slovenija too. Ljubljana’s
symbol is a dragon on a
tower.
MARIBOR
• Maribor is the second biggest
city in Slovenija.
• It lies on a heigh of 269
meters, and it has about
115000 cityzens.
• Zlata Lisica is one of the
biggest competitions in
Maribor.
CELJE
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It is one of the biggest cities in
Slovenia.
It the city from the older iron age.
Handball club from Celje won the
European club championship in the
year 2004.
KOPER
• Koper is the main Slovenian
port and the entrance to the
inland of the Central Europe.
It is located on the "top" of
Istria. Koper was an island till
the 19th century. Later the
town and the island were
connected with the mainland.
Old town centre boasts with
the rich architecture and
cultural monuments.
PORTOROŽ
• Portorož is the most vivid and
worldly Slovenian tourist
centre of Slovenian coast.
PIRAN
• Piran is an old Mediterranean
town which is situated at the
cape of the Piran penninsula.
The town is actually one large
museum with the medieval
architecture and a rich culture
heritage. Narrow streets and
tight houses are a special
charm of the town.
KRANJ
• Kranj is the capital of
Gorenjska and the fourth
largest town in Slovenia. Old
part of the town is like a
penninsula above the of Kokra
and Sava river. Kranj is a very
important Slovenian trade
centre.
NOVA GORICA
• The municipality of Nova
Gorica is located in the area
between the Alps and the sea,
on the crossroads which
connect the east and west. It
is placed on the border line
which separates the Romanic
and Slavic language areas as
well as the Germanic
language area which is close
by.
NOVO MESTO
• Town municipality of Novo
mesto is one of the eleven
Town Municipalities in
Slovenia. Through history
Novo mesto established itself
as economic and cultural
centre of the Dolenjska
region. Its responsibility is to
lead the region in further
development and future
European integration
processes.
PTUJ
• The municipality of Ptuj is
situated in the northeastern
part of Slovenia, in the centre
of the Lower Drava Region on
the border with the region of
Prlekija.
MURSKA SOBOTA
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a tourist town hasn't been
emphasized enough. Two
hotels: Diana with its hall
swimming pool and
recreational centre, and
Zvezda, the swimming pool
and recreational centre in
Fazanarija, some tourist
offices and more and more
guest-houses can change this
picture very soon, along with
the rich cultural offer.
As a town Murska Sobota was
mentioned for the first time in
1366. In 1479 the Hungarian
king Matthias Korvin allocated
the town free fair rights.
IDRIJA
• It spans at the upper river
basin of the Idrijca and the
picturesque mountains,
representing a transition
between the subalpine and
karst regions. This region is
known for its abundance of
natural sights and cultural
historical as well technical
monuments. The town of
Idrija (population 7,000)
developed in a basin in the
middle of a wooded area. It
was here in 1490 that a rich
deposit of mercury ore was
discovered. Now, Idrija s
famous mercury mine, which
was the second largest
mercury mine in the world,
has closed after 500 years.
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Postojna cave
Škocjan caves
Križna jama
Vilenica
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POSTONJSKA JAMA
• More than 26 million people
from all over the world have
admired the stalagmites and
the stalactites of the
Postojnska jama in 175 years
of organised tourism.
However, ancient signatures
in the entrance passages
prove that the cave was first
visited in the 13th century.
ŠKOCJANSKE JAME
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Because of their
extraordinary significance
for the world's natural
heritage, in 1986 the
Škocjan Caves were
included in UNESCO's world
heritage list. They were
listed as a first underground
wetland in the world in 1999
representing Ramsar
wetlands of international
importance.
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Lipica
Planica
Posočje
Cerkniško jezero
Kranjska Gora
Bohinj & Bled
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famous Lipizzaner horses on
tour or at the Spanish Riding
School in Vienna, but to see
these graceful white horses
moving freely on green fields,
you should visit Lipica, a
village in Slovenia’s Karst
region close to the Italian
border.
Lipica is the most famous
stud-farm in Slovenija.
PLANICA
• Planica is the western most
valley in the northwest part of
Julian Alps. It is also refferred
to as The valley under Ponce
or the valley of ski jumps. At
its end it traverses into one of
the most beautiful parts of
Slovenia - Tamar. Ponce
(2274m) on the west side,
Cipernik and Mojstrovka on
the east and Jalovec rising
over Tamar make the
borderline of the valley of ski
jumps. On the slope just
above Tamar is the well of
Nadiža, the first of Sava
Dolinka's wells.
POSOČJE
• The area of the upper basin of
the Soča River was cut into
the Alpine mountains and hills
by the Soča and the Koritnica
rivers, the Nadiža in the west,
and the Tolminka River, the
Idrijca and the Bača in the
east.
CERKNICA LAKE
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Cerkniško jezero is the biggest lake in
Slovenija.
Cerknica lake is the Karst disappearing
lake.
In the winter we can skate on it.
KRANJSKA GORA
• Kranjska Gora is a great
touristic destination. It is
famous and popular SKI
centre in winter. High peaks
are a challenge for
mountaineers. Road to the
Vršič pass and bike routes are
a pleasent idea for vacations.
There is one of the entries to
Triglav national park.
BOHINJ & BLED
Those two lakes are tourist atractions
Blejsko jezero
Bohinjsko Jezero
TERMS
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Terme 3000
Čatežke toplice
Dolenjske toplice
Laške toplice
Banovci
Terme Olimje
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Terme 3000
• The mighty power of water,
which has been heated in the
warm bossom of the Earth,
squirts from the depth of
nearly two kilometers and
spills into numerous pools,
rapids, man-made waterfalls
and down the tubes of the
two water-slides whereby the
fine drizzle of tiny drops hugs
the bathers who have come to
relax and get well.
DOLENJSKE TOPLICE
• Dolenjske Toplice are
one of the oldest spa
health centres in
Slovenia. The spa was
first mentiored in the
year 1224. They
developed at the
spring of thermal
water (36°).
ČATEŽKE TOPLICE
• Children can carelessly play
beside the pools, the variety
of forms and offers made it
popular as well with the
young and old, that enjoy the
health-strengthening
influence of thermal water;
after all, 640.000 visitors visit
the Thermal Riviera every
year.
• Julijske Alpe
• Karavanke
• Kamniško-Savinjske
alpe
• What these mountains lack in
height they make up for in
character: Their sheer cliffs
and razor-sharp ridges rise to
steep, crumbling pinnacles.
Excellent and long rock-climbs
abound here, the highest and
most popular of which is
Triglav (9,396 ft./ 2,864 m),
whose steep north wall is one
of the most daunting sights in
the Alps.
KARAVANKE
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range on the border between
Slovenia and Austria.
Running for one hundred and
twenty kilometers in total
length, the Karavanke chain is
the longest range in Europe.
The highest peak is Stol
(2236m). Some others are the
Korošica Ridge, Golica, Peca,
and Olševa.
• Kamniško Savinjske Alpe are a
mountain world of narrow
vallies, wild gorges, steep
slopes, and rocky cliffs. Below
the viewpoint peaks spread
vast forests where the highest
solitary farmsteads in
Slovenia struggle for space
and sunshine.
TRIGLAV
• Triglav is a tourist attraction
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too. It’s the highest mountain
in Slovenia. On both pictures
there is Triglav from different
points of view.
It’s 2864 meters high.
POHORJE
• The ski centre Mariborsko
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Pohorje offers more than 40
km of well-kept slopes for all
kinds of skiers, be it a
beginner or an expert skier.
The slopes range from 325 m
to 1327 metres above the sea
level.
The Pohorje ridges offer 36
km of cross-country ski runs.
The slopes are connected by 4
chairlifts, 16 ski-lifts and by a
gondola. You can reach it the
gondola by city bus.
If you buy a multi-day ski
pass on Mariborsko Pohorje,
you can use it in the ski
centres Kope and Ribniško
Pohorje.
ZLATA LISICA
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Zlata lisica is a skiing
competition for women.
This competition is in
Maribor (Mariborsko
pohorje).