PTUJ BY:MAŠA PATEKAR
FACTS SLOVENIA REGION: STYRIA POPULATION : DENSITY: 701 km 2 ALTITUDE : 232m
HISTORY THE OLDEST TOWN IN SLOVENIA AREA SETTLED IN THE STONE AGE IN IRON AGE SETTLED BY CELTS NAMED POETOVIO IN 193 AD(EMPEROR TRAJAN) POPULATION IN POETOVIO WAS GERMAN SPEAKING IN ROMAN TIMES THE TOWN WAS BIGGER THAN LONDON
HISTORY In 57 IN 570 IT WAS OCCUPIED BY EUROASIAN AVARS AND SLAVIC TRIBES IN 1941 IT WAS OCCUPIED BY NAZI DURING THE WW2 SLOVENES WERE DISPOSSESSED AND DEPORTED
SIGHTS / LANDMARKS THE PTUJ CASTLE THE DOMINICAN MONASTERY MITRAS SHRINES THE MINORITE MONASTERY THE ORPHEUS MONUMENT THE TOWN HALL THE STATUE OF ST. FLORIAN
THE MINORITE MONASTERY BUILT IN 1239 THREE WINGS RENOVATED EXCELLENT PLACES THERE: THE MINORITE LIBRARY, THE SUMMER REFECTORY USED FOR: MUSIC SCHOOL
THE STATUE OF ST. FLORIAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN SQUARE IN 1865, THE STATUE RENOVATED
THE ORPHEUS MONUMENT IN FRONT OF TOWN‘S TOWER ALMOST 5 METRES HIGH THE TALLEST MONUMENT IN PTUJ
THE DOMINICAN MONASTERY FIRST BEGGARS MONASTIC ORDER 1928 OPENED TOWN MUSEUM
THE TOWN‘S TOWER STRONGLY MARKS THE TOWNSCAPE BUILT BY SIMON POVODEN
MITHRAS SHRINES MITHRAISM IS A PERSIAN RELIGION THE GOD IN ROMAN TIMES
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SHROVE THUESDAY CARNIVAL / THE KURENT CARNIVAL SINCE 1960 FOLK COSTUMES TEN- DAY- LONG CARNIVAL TRADITIONAL MASK:KURENT
ENTERTAINMENT THERMAL PARK /SPA THE GARND HOTEL PRIMUS GOLF COURSE THE PTUJ WINE CELLAR WINE ROAD PTUJ SUMMER FESTIVAL