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Slape, Ljubljana
Slape () is a formerly independent settlement in the eastern 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 Slape is a dense settlement just above the left bank of the Ljubljanica River, extending east to Vevče and neighboring on Polje to the north and Studenec to the west. The soil is sandy and shallow, and there is a poplar plantation in the former Sige Meadow along the Ljubljanica. Slape is the site of Old Creek ( sl, Stara voda), which is fed by a large spring of the same name and empties into the Ljubljanica near the Vevče paper mill. Name Slape was attested in written sources in 1330 as ''Zlapp'' (and as ''Slap'' in 1402 and ''mul an der Slap'' in 1465). Now a feminine plural noun, it was originally the accusative plural of the masculine noun ''slap'', in the older sense of 'wave', referring to a place where ... [...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] |
