1. PTUJ BY:MAŠA PATEKAR

2. FACTS SLOVENIA REGION: STYRIA POPULATION : 23.957 DENSITY: 701 km 2 ALTITUDE : 232m

3. 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

4. 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

5. SIGHTS / LANDMARKS THE PTUJ CASTLE THE DOMINICAN MONASTERY MITRAS SHRINES THE MINORITE MONASTERY THE ORPHEUS MONUMENT THE TOWN HALL THE STATUE OF ST. FLORIAN

6. THE MINORITE MONASTERY BUILT IN 1239 THREE WINGS RENOVATED EXCELLENT PLACES THERE: THE MINORITE LIBRARY, THE SUMMER REFECTORY USED FOR: MUSIC SCHOOL

7. THE STATUE OF ST. FLORIAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN SQUARE IN 1865, THE STATUE RENOVATED

8. THE ORPHEUS MONUMENT IN FRONT OF TOWN‘S TOWER ALMOST 5 METRES HIGH THE TALLEST MONUMENT IN PTUJ

9. THE DOMINICAN MONASTERY FIRST BEGGARS MONASTIC ORDER 1928 OPENED TOWN MUSEUM

10. THE TOWN‘S TOWER STRONGLY MARKS THE TOWNSCAPE BUILT BY SIMON POVODEN

11. MITHRAS SHRINES MITHRAISM IS A PERSIAN RELIGION THE GOD IN ROMAN TIMES

12. MY NEIGHBORHOOD

13. SHROVE THUESDAY CARNIVAL / THE KURENT CARNIVAL SINCE 1960 FOLK COSTUMES TEN- DAY- LONG CARNIVAL TRADITIONAL MASK:KURENT

14. ENTERTAINMENT THERMAL PARK /SPA THE GARND HOTEL PRIMUS GOLF COURSE THE PTUJ WINE CELLAR WINE ROAD PTUJ SUMMER FESTIVAL