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- In 1220, Ljubljana was granted city rights, including the right to coin its own money. In 1270, King Ottokar II of Bohemia (1230–1278) conquered Carniola and in particular Ljubljana. Rudolph of Habsburg (1218–1291), defeated him and took the town in 1278. In 1335, the town became the capital of the Habsburg-Austrian province of Carniola.
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1991 — Ljubljana becomes the capital of the independent Republic of Slovenia. 2002 — The world’s oldest wheel, 5200 years old, is found at the Ljubljana Marshes. 2004 — Ljubljana holds a ceremony marking Slovenia’s accession to the European Union. 2010 — Ljubljana is named World Book Capital.
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- Ljubljana Today
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- Times of Roman Emona
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- First Settlers
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- Ljubljana in The Middle Ages
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- Ljubljana in The 18th and 19th Centuries
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- Renaissance and Baroque
In 1941 Italian troops occupied the city. After World War II, Ljubljana underwent significant industrialization and modernization. An airport was constructed, and a road tunnel was built under the Castle Hill. In 1991, when Slovenia gained its independence, Ljubljana became the national capital.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ljubljana as a city grew mostly to the north, and gradually incorporated many villages that were historically part of Upper Carniola and so its dialect shifted away and closer to the Upper dialects.
Ljubljana became the cultural centre for all Slovenians. In 1895 it suffered a devastating earthquake, after which it was rebuilt mostly by Austrian and Czech architects. Several new streets and a large number of Art Nouveau-style buildings were constructed.
In 1918, after the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian empire, Ljubljana became an administrative, political and cultural centre of Slovenia as part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians.
Legend has it that Ljubljana was founded by Jason, the hero of Greek mythology who stole the golden fleece from King Aeëtes and then fled aboard the Argo with his comrades, known as the Argonauts, across the Black Sea and up the Danube and the Sava until they reached the Ljubljanica.
The first train arrived in 1849 from Vienna and in 1857 the line was extended to Trieste, stimulating the economic and cultural growth of Ljubljana, which became a center of Slovene nationalism. The city gained a sugar refinery, a brewery, a foundry, and a paper and textile mill.
