Kobarid (Italian Caporetto) is a town and a municipality in the upper So?a (Italian Isonzo) valley, West Slovenia, near Italian border.
Kobarid is known for the famous Battle of Caporetto, where which the Italian Retreat was documented by Ernest Hemingway in his novel, A Farewell to Arms.
The adjacent Tono?ov Grad archaeological site has buildings said to date back to Roman Empire days
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Domžale is a municipality in Slovenia, near Ljubljana.
Near Domžale there is the most powerful transmitter of Slovenia. It works on the medium wave frequency 918 kHz and can be received at nighttimes in whole Europe. It uses as aerial a 161 metre high guyed steel tube mast.
Krško is a town and a municipality in Slovenia. Nowadays it is famous for hosting the only Slovenian nuclear power plant.
Velenje is a municipality in Slovenia. Due to the lignite mining, the city was expanded especially after the World War II. After the death of Yugoslav president for life Tito it was renamed to Titovo Velenje in 1981, but the old name was returned to the city in 1991, shortly before Slovenia became independent.
Velenje is a headquarters of Gorenje, manufacter of white goods, and former home town of Jolanda ?eplak, Slovenian middle distance athlete and olympic bronze medalist.
In Velenje there is this great snack bar Mladost.
Tolmin (in Italian Tolmino, in German Tolmein) is a small town and municipality with the same name in Slovenia
