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Wikipedia: Slovenia /sloʊˈviːniə/ sloh--nee-ə, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy on the west, the Adriatic Sea on the southwest, Croatia on the south and east, Hungary on the northeast, and Austria on the north. The capital and largest city of Slovenia is Ljubljana.
![[Ancient menhir, probably of Celtic or Illyrian origin, in Krkavče, Slovenian Istria]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Krkavce_kamen_s.jpg "Ancient menhir, probably of Celtic or Illyrian origin, in Krkavče, Slovenian Istria")
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![[The Solkan Bridge, built in 1906]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Solkanski_most_1906_vir_S_C5_BD_C5_BDM_Tiri_in_C4_8Das_10_1998_s.jpg "The Solkan Bridge, built in 1906")
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![[Krvavec Ski Resort in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Krvavec6_s.jpg "Krvavec Ski Resort in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps")
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![[The Slovenian national basketball team celebrating the victory against Croatia in EuroBasket 2009]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Slovenia_Croatia_at_Eurobasket_2009_3_s.jpg "The Slovenian national basketball team celebrating the victory against Croatia in EuroBasket 2009")
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![[International ski jumping competition in Planica]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PlanicaSkiJumps2009Final_s.jpg "International ski jumping competition in Planica")
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![[View at Jalovec, peak in Julian Alps]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pogled_iz_slemena_SS_s.jpg "View at Jalovec, peak in Julian Alps")
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![[Julian Alps, are included in the Triglav National Park]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/View_from_Mangart_MC_s.jpg "Julian Alps, are included in the Triglav National Park")
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![[The Port of Koper]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Azamara_Journey_closing_in_to_dock_s.jpg "The Port of Koper")
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![[View from Šmarjetna gora on Kranj in morning mist]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kranj_19_s.jpg "View from Šmarjetna gora on Kranj in morning mist")
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![[Ljubljana Skyline]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ljubljana_from_the_Castle_s.jpg "Ljubljana Skyline")
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![[A group of Slovenian Orel members in Lower Carniola]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Telovadni_odsek_Orla_v_Dobrni_C4_8Du_s.jpg "A group of Slovenian Orel members in Lower Carniola")
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![[Koper skyline]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/View_of_Koper_from_Zusterna_s.jpg "Koper skyline")
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![[Velenje Castle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Velenjski_grad_poleti_s.jpg "Velenje Castle")
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![[Ljubljana Opera House before the 2006-2010 expansion and renovation.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Opera_Ljubljana_s.jpg "Ljubljana Opera House before the 2006-2010 expansion and renovation.")
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![[Karst Shepherd is a breed of dog of the livestock guardian type, originating in Slovenia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kra_C5_A1evec_s.jpg "Karst Shepherd is a breed of dog of the livestock guardian type, originating in Slovenia")
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![[Celje, Slovenia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CeljePanorama_s.jpg "Celje, Slovenia")
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![[The olm swims by serpentine bending of the body.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/P_anguinus1_s.jpg "The olm swims by serpentine bending of the body.")
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![[Piran, town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Piran_Stadtpanorama_s.jpg "Piran, town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran")
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![[Port of Koper by night.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PortOfKoperByNight_s.jpg "Port of Koper by night.")
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![[Ptuj, the oldest slovenian town]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ptuj_s.jpg "Ptuj, the oldest slovenian town")
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![[Logarska Valley]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/LogarskaDolina_s.jpg "Logarska Valley")
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![[Novo mesto, town in Lower Carniola]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Novo_mesto_letalski_posnetek_s.jpg "Novo mesto, town in Lower Carniola")
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![[Slovenian National Assembly]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Velika_dvorana_s.jpg "Slovenian National Assembly")
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![[Hotel Palace in Portorož]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Palace_Portoroz2_1_s.jpg "Hotel Palace in Portorož")
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![[Triglav Lakes valley]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Triglavska_jezera_2009_09_1_2_s.jpg "Triglav Lakes valley")
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![[Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ljubljana, the economic and administrative centre of Slovenia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GospodarskaZbornicaLjubljana_s.jpg "Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ljubljana, the economic and administrative centre of Slovenia")
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![[Satellite image of Slovenia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Slovenia_NLT_Landsat7_s.jpg "Satellite image of Slovenia")
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![[Ljubljana just before Franca Jozef's visit on a 1856 painting.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ljubljana_1856_s.jpg "Ljubljana just before Franca Jozef's visit on a 1856 painting.")
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![[The Ottoman army battling the Habsburgs in Slovenia during the Great Turkish War of 1662–1699]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Boj_s_Turki_Valvasor_s.jpg "The Ottoman army battling the Habsburgs in Slovenia during the Great Turkish War of 1662–1699")
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![[Janez Vajkard Valvasor's lithography "The Carniolan Victory at Sisak", commemorating the Battle of Sisak of 1593]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bitka_pri_Sisku_1593_Valvasor_s.jpg "Janez Vajkard Valvasor's lithography \"The Carniolan Victory at Sisak\", commemorating the Battle of Sisak of 1593")
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![[A column of the Yugoslav People's Army during the Ten-Day War.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/T_55_slovenia_ypa_s.jpg "A column of the Yugoslav People's Army during the Ten-Day War.")
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![[The installation of the Dukes in Carinthia, carried out in an ancient ritual in Slovene language until 1414]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kaernten_herzogeinsetzung_s.jpg "The installation of the Dukes in Carinthia, carried out in an ancient ritual in Slovene language until 1414")
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![[Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. ]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BanovineKJ_2_s.jpg "Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941.")
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![[Rudolf Maister, who occupied Maribor in November 1918, and declared the annexation of Lower Styria to the State of...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rudolf_Maister_with_signiture_s.jpg "Rudolf Maister, who occupied Maribor in November 1918, and declared the annexation of Lower Styria to the State of...")
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![[Monument to France Prešeren, considered Slovenia's national poet, in Ljubljana.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Preseren_z_muzo_s.jpg "Monument to France Prešeren, considered Slovenia's national poet, in Ljubljana.")
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![[The Basilica of the Virgin Mary in Brezje, also known as the Slovenian National Shrine, is one of the most...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dpp_0410_s.jpg "The Basilica of the Virgin Mary in Brezje, also known as the Slovenian National Shrine, is one of the most...")
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![[Predjama Castle in Inner Carniola]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Predjama_Castle_s.jpg "Predjama Castle in Inner Carniola")
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![[Monument to the Napoleonic Wars near Bovec in western Slovenia.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Predel_Trdnjava1_s.jpg "Monument to the Napoleonic Wars near Bovec in western Slovenia.")
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![[Anže Kopitar]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Anze_Kopitar_1_s.jpg "Anže Kopitar")
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![[The Freising Manuscripts, dating from the 10th century A]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Freising_manuscript_s.jpg "The Freising Manuscripts, dating from the 10th century A")
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![[Remains of an ancient Roman tomb in Ptuj.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ptuj8_s.jpg "Remains of an ancient Roman tomb in Ptuj.")
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![[Peter Kozler's map of the Slovene Lands, designed during the Spring of Nations in 1848, became the symbol of the...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Zemljovid_Slovenske_dezele_in_pokrajin_s.jpg "Peter Kozler's map of the Slovene Lands, designed during the Spring of Nations in 1848, became the symbol of the...")
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