Ljubljana Capital of Slovenia
Despite modernization Ljubljana has managed to preserve the old city core with Renaissance, Baroque and Secession facades, ornamental portals, meandering roofs and romantic bridges over Ljubljanica river.
In 1849, the first train from Vienna streamed into Ljubljana, then a City of 17,000 inhabitants. Trieste at the time had already a population of 80,000. Ljubljana’s industry developed very slowly, starting with a foundry, a machine tool factory, a tobacco factory, a brewery, a steam-mill, a gas company and a few other enterprises.
In November 1899, the first car blew its horn on the streets of the city, and three years after the earthquake of 1895, electricity was introduced on a wide scale. As early as 1899, the first film was made about the rather provincial city. In 1911 trams were introduced in Ljubljana, and so was the first taxi cab.
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