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Ljubljana city overview
Ljubljana is a city in Slovenia shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Known forLjubljana, Capital city of Slovenia, Ljubljana planning base 3, Ljubljana planning base 4
Population~284kcity context
RegionSloveniaSlovenia
Time zoneEurope/Ljubljanalocal time
Founded400historical origin
City history
21 people died due to the earthquake and some 10% of the city's 1,400 buildings were destroyed.
In 452, it was destroyed by the Huns under Attila's orders, and later by the Ostrogoths and the Lombards.
In 1256, when the Carinthian duke Ulrich III of Spanheim became lord of Carniola, the provincial capital was moved from Kamnik to Ljubljana.
It was administered by the Counts of Gorizia from 1279 until 1335, when it became the capital town of Carniola.
After the 1511 Idrija earthquake, the city was rebuilt in the Renaissance style and a new wall was built around it.
In 1929, Ljubljana became the capital of the Drava Banovina, a Yugoslav province.
In 1941, during World War II, Fascist Italy occupied the city, and then on 3 May 1941 made Lubiana the capital of Italy's Province of Ljubljana with former Yugoslav general Leon Rupnik as mayor.
It retained this status until Slovene independence in 1991. Contemporary situation Ljubljana is the capital of independent Slovenia, which joined the European Union in 2004.
Their archaeological remains, nowadays in the Municipality of Ig, have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site since June 2011, in the common nomination of six Alpine states.
In the 6th century, the ancestors of the Slovenes moved in.
Urban settlement started in the second half of the 12th century.
In the middle and the second half of the 17th century, foreign architects built and renovated monasteries, churches, and palaces and introduced Baroque architecture.
During the subsequent reconstruction, some districts were rebuilt in the Vienna Secession style.
After World War II, Ljubljana became the capital of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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