Slovenia
This Slovene speaking country has been under the rule of the Roman Empire, Habsburg Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, after WWI in 1918 the Slovenes joined the Serbs and Croats forming a new multinational state, which was named Yugoslavia in 1929 (with 6 republics), and in 1991 (the 1st of the 6 republics to declare their independence) - now the Republic of Slovenia. With the Yugoslav Wars from 1991-1999.
Slovenia is located upon the distal NW area of the Balkan Peninsula. The country is comprised of 4 European geographic landscapes - European Alps, karstic Dinaric Alps, Pannonian Plains, and Danubian lowlands.
These images include Ljubljana, the youngest capital city in the EU - and the coastal town of Piran on the Adriatic Sea, located between the borders of Italy and Croatia in the far northern Mediterranean Sea.
Read MoreSlovenia is located upon the distal NW area of the Balkan Peninsula. The country is comprised of 4 European geographic landscapes - European Alps, karstic Dinaric Alps, Pannonian Plains, and Danubian lowlands.
These images include Ljubljana, the youngest capital city in the EU - and the coastal town of Piran on the Adriatic Sea, located between the borders of Italy and Croatia in the far northern Mediterranean Sea.
Franciscan Church of the Annunciation - built during 1646-1660 by Augustinian monks - towards the end of the 18th century, Franciscan monks occupied the church and added to its appearance - with renovations following an earthquake in 1895 - the church was originally painted red (symbolic color of the Franciscan monastic order), but over time, the color faded into the current salmon pink which the city liked, so it has remained - the church has a single nave with twin bell towers - it has been protected as a cultural monument of national significance of Slovenia since 2008 - Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia.
