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Jarše District
The Jarše District ( sl, Četrtna skupnost Jarše), or simply Jarše (), is a district () of the City Municipality of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is named after the former village of Jarše, now part of the Bežigrad District. Geography The Jarše District is bounded on the south by the main railroad line; on the west by Šmartno Street (''Šmartinska cesta''), Sava Street (''Savska cesta''), Žale Street (''Žalska cesta''), the west edge of the Žale Cemetery, Jarše Street (''Jarška cesta''), Cleveland Street (''Clevelandska ulica''), and a line running between the former villages of Jarše and Obrije; on the north by the Sava River; and on the east by the A1 Freeway. The district includes the former villages of Hrastje, Obrije, Šmartno ob Savi, and Sneberje, as well as the workers' development of Zelena Jama and the Nove Jarše neighborhood. BTC City BTC City () is a shopping mall, sports, entertainment and business area in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Ljubljana
The City Municipality of Ljubljana (), also the City of Ljubljana ( sl, Mestna občina Ljubljana, acronym MOL) is one of twelve Municipalities of Slovenia, city and metropolitan municipalities in Slovenia. Its seat is Ljubljana, the largest and capital city of Slovenia. , its mayor is Zoran Janković (politician), Zoran Janković. Administrative division The City Municipality of Ljubljana comprises 17 districts (Slovene singular: ): the Bežigrad District, Center District, Ljubljana, Center District, Črnuče District, Dravlje District, Golovec District, Jarše District, Moste District, Polje District, Posavje District, Ljubljana, Posavje District, Rožnik District, Rudnik District, Sostro District, Šentvid District, Šiška District, Šmarna Gora District, Trnovo District, and Vič District. These are represented by district councils (Slovene singular: or ). Economy The budget of MOL was 346,505,748 euros for 2011. It was shaped by the sell of land lot and the construction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obrije
Obrije (; in older sources also ''Obrje'') is a formerly independent settlement in the northeast part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. Geography Obrije lies along the road from Hrastje to Stožice. It is a linear village on a terrace above the Sava River. Most of the houses stand on the edge of the terrace, but some also stand on a lower terrace further north, towards the river. Fields are located to the southeast. Name Obrije was attested in written sources in 1490 as ''Albriach''. The medieval transcriptions indicate that the name is not etymologically related to that of Abriach ( sl, Obrije), a village in Austria's Völkermarkt District. The name was originally ''*Olbr′ane'', a plural demonym A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BTC City
BTC City () is a shopping mall, sports, entertainment and business area in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with more than 500 shops. It is one of the largest shopping and entertainment complexes in Europe. History In 1954, a company named Centralna skladišča (Central Warehouses) was founded with a founding contract. Central Warehouses expanded their operations by starting to carry out the warehousing activities also for other companies, which were not among the co-founders of the company. Due to the expansion of the activity and the extent of operations, the company changed its name to Javna skladišča (Public Warehouses). In 1975, the company became the largest goods and transport centre in former Yugoslavia. In the same year, Javna skladišča changed its name to Blagovno Transportni Center Ljubljana (Ljubljana Goods and Transport Centre, BTC). 1990 presents a turning point for BTC. In search and confirmation of the entrepreneurial freedom, the company decided to change its name to Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nove Jarše
Nove is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza in the region of Veneto, north-eastern Italy, with just over 5,000 inhabitants. It is located on the Brenta river, near Marostica and Bassano del Grappa. The town is home of a local network of ceramic industries. The name of the town comes from the antique Italian ''nove'', in the meaning of "new". As matter of fact, the lands where the town is located were considered new because of the lowering of the level of the Brenta. The lowering of the river revealed soft lands rich of clay. The first artisans of the area started using the clay for the production of pottery. The town have a beautiful ceramic museum with a Pablo Picasso gallipot and other important pieces of the 18th and 19th century. International relations Nove is twinned with: * Welkenraedt, Belgium * Langhirano, Italy * Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy * Carlos Barbosa, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portugue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelena Jama
Zelena may refer to: * Zelena (''Once Upon a Time'') * Zelena, Buchach Raion * Zelena, Kovel Raion * Zelena, Nadvirna Raion Zelena ( uk, Зелена; pl, Zielona; russian: Зелёная) is a village located in Nadvirna Raion in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. It belongs to Pasichna rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. From the mid-14th cent ... * Zelena River, a river in Ukraine, a tributary of Inhulets River {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sneberje
Sneberje (; in older sources also ''Snebrje''''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 106.) is a formerly independent settlement in the northeast part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. Geography Sneberje is a linear settlement on an terrace above the Sava River along the road from Zalog. The settlement extends east to the edge of Zgornja Zadobrova and southwest to Hrastje. The soil is gravely, becoming loamy to the north towards the Sava. Fields lie south of the settlement. Name Sneberje was attested in written sources in 1359 as ''Zzomebryach'' and in 1363 as ''Sewemriach''. The etymology of the name is unclear. Proposed reconstructions from ''*sěnoberьje'' and ''*sěnoberъ'' 'gathering hay' have been rejected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šmartno Ob Savi
Šmartno ob Savi (; in older sources also ''Šmartno pri Savi''''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 111. or ''Šmartin ob Savi''; german: Sankt Martin an der Save) is a formerly independent settlement in the northeast part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. Geography Šmartno ob Savi lies along the road from Hrastje, Ljubljana, Hrastje to Stožice, Ljubljana, Stožice. It is a roadside village on a Terrace (geology), terrace above the Sava, Sava River. Most of the houses stand on the edge of the terrace, but some also stand on a lower terrace further north, towards the river. It includes the hamlet of Murglje to the east, bordering on Hrastje. The soil is gravelly. A quiet arm of the nearby Sava River was used for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Motorway (Slovenia)
The A1 motorway ( sl, avtocesta A1), also known as Slovenika, is long, connecting Šentilj (at the Austrian border) and Koper/Capodistria (on the shores of the Adriatic Sea). It connects several of the largest metropolitan areas of the country, including Maribor, Celje and Ljubljana, all the way to the Slovenian Littoral and port town of Koper. Construction began in 1970 and the first section was finished in 1972, connecting Vrhnika and Postojna. Everyday operation of this initial stretch started on 29 December 1972. The connection to Koper was finished on 23 November 2004. The second-to-last part, from Trojane to Blagovica, was opened on 12 August 2005. It was also the most expensive, having eight viaducts and two tunnels despite being only 11 km long. The final section, the eastern Maribor bypass, opened on 14 August 2009. Route description The A1 motorway provides connection of Slovenia and Austria (only other motorway with border crossing to Austria being A2 motor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sava
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally through Serbia, feeding into the Danube in its capital, Belgrade. The Sava forms the main northern limit of the Balkan Peninsula, and the southern edge of the Pannonian Plain. The Sava is long, including the Sava Dolinka headwater rising in Zelenci, Slovenia. It is the largest tributary of the Danube by volume of water, and second-largest after the Tisza in terms of catchment area () and length. It drains a significant portion of the Dinaric Alps region, through the major tributaries of Drina, Bosna, Kupa, Una, Vrbas, Lonja, Kolubara, Bosut and Krka. The Sava is one of the longest rivers in Europe and among the longest tributaries of another river. The population in the Sava River basin is estimated at 8,176,000, and is shared by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žale
Žale Central Cemetery ( sl, Centralno pokopališče Žale), often simply Žale, is the largest and the central cemetery in Ljubljana and Slovenia. It is located in the Bežigrad District and operated by the Žale Public Company. History The cemetery was built in 1906 behind Holy Cross Church. The first burial was performed in the same year on May 3, when the priest Martin Malenšek was transferred there from the old Navje cemetery. During World War I, many of the fallen soldiers of all sides were buried in Žale. However, they were all Roman Catholics, while Protestants, Jews and Muslims were buried in Navje. In 1923 the authorities allowed Jews and Muslims to be buried in Žale too, but only on the exterior side of the cemetery wall. In 1931 the new part of the cemetery (B part) opened. The Italian military cemetery was arranged there and many Italian soldiers were reburied from the A part. At the same year the Jewish part of the cemetery was arranged too, however it was sepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Slovenia
The national flag of Slovenia ( sl, zastava Slovenije) features three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, with the Coat of arms of Slovenia located in the upper hoist side of the flag centered in the white and blue bands. The coat of arms is a shield with the image of Mount Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, in white against a blue background at the center; beneath it are two wavy blue lines representing the Adriatic Sea and local rivers, and above it are three six-pointed golden stars arranged in an inverted triangle which are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje, the great Slovene dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th centuries. The flag's colors are considered to be Pan-Slavism, Pan-Slavic, but they actually come from the Middle Ages, medieval coat of arms of the Duchy of Carniola, consisting of 3 stars, a mountain, and three colors (red, blue, yellow). crescent. The existing Slovene tricolor was raised for the first time in history duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
