So in my last video about Slovenia we learned a lot about some really great things about the country
But it's far from over because this country is just downright cool to learn about of course
It's one of those countries that you may not hear from a lot
but in my mind it is considered a hidden gem and
Today we are gonna learn as much as we can about the great nation of Slovenia. How's it going everybody?
What's going on, Dave
Walpole here and welcome to FTD facts the channel where I look at people
Culture some places from all around the world and I'm really excited to learn more about Slovenia
Why because our last video did really well, we had a lot of people who are from Slovenia that were like, oh my god
Thank you so much for talking about my country
So we're gonna go back and learn more than we did in the last one and also for this video
I might just expand on some other facts of the country
And by the way, if you missed it, just letting you know
I've made a nice little playlist that you can watch the first episode
I will put it into the cards in this video and it's gonna be adding to our Slovenia playlist
Which there will be more videos in the future. So check that out at any time
But before you do that, let's get into the facts about Slovenia part two
So first things first have you ever heard of a lip is an horse waiting for it waiting for it Yes No
Maybe so let me know down there in the comments section below if you know of it if you're from Slovenia
You probably already know about it. But the people in the other parts of the world run like what is a lip, Isaiah and horse?
Basically, a lip is an oar Lipizzaner horse is the world famous horse that comes from only slovenia. You didn't see that coming
Did ya that's right. Slovenia has its own original horse
giddyup as a matter of fact
This fact is kind of two facts in one and I'll explain why the reason is is because this breed
Originated and came from a farm and what I mean by that, I mean it was created in a farm
It was not just a wild horse. That is found only in Slovenia
No, this is known as the lopaka stud farm and it is located in Lapita. Slovenia
And this is where you get that second fact in one because this is the oldest stud farm that is in
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But I liked sometimes leaving them in because you guys get a good laugh
as a matter of fact
This farm has been around since 1580 and a side note when it comes to the lip is on breed
They've been endangered numerous times in history
Yeah, that's right, and they were created by the House of Habsburg
Which was a long time ago by breeding the air above barbed Spanish and Napoleon breeds
All together is like an orgy of horses and breeds right there. So Slovenia is also a really beautiful country
It's got a lot of pretty things to look at just its
Nature naturally beautiful country and it's a matter of fact because of that Slovenia has one image and that is of Lake Bled
As a matter of fact, I think I used the image in the thumbnail last
Episode but either way we're talking about it in this one
Oh wait, maybe that's because I also talked about in the last episode
But either way I'm expanding on it because in the center of Lake Bled is a very beautiful historic church
That is known pretty much by everyone
the church itself may be very old, but there's even remnants of an old church that dated back to
1142 AD the new church, however, was built and consecrated in
1465 and there's even evidence of people existing in the region of Lake Bled as far back as the 11th century BC
However, the one thing that is really interesting about this is it is a major tourist attraction
especially for people who want to get married, which I don't know why people do this because you know,
You got to carry your bride up
99 steps Oh
God yeah, that's that's a lot of work. Listen guys
I know you should love your woman and everything, but I don't go to the gym
These arms
Mm-hmm, they're for gaming not for lifting or reading whatever either way
This is a big custom where you bring your bride up these steps and if you believe in any form of folklore
They say the Slavic goddess of fertility known as Eva also got married at that church
So you're getting married we're goddesses are getting married. That is cool
Also Lake Blood has been the host for the world rowing competition in 1966
989 and even the year
2011 so in my last video I mentioned a lot about Mount Triglav and more importantly the caves of
Slovenia and how they contribute a lot to tourism and how popular they are but to expand more on tourism
Slovenia is becoming a very very popular country for Europeans to travel to as a matter of fact in 2014. They had approximately
two million four hundred ten thousand eight hundred and twenty-four tourists whereas in
2017 it's jumped up to 3 million
6969 people and one major beautiful thing that I want to talk about that a lot of people like is the Soka River this is
What you call an alpine river and it is very well known that even Disney has shot there for The Chronicles of Narnia
Prince Caspian, but did you know that the river is sometimes famously called the emerald beauty?
This is because the water pretty much gives off a green emerald sort of look and everybody likes it
It's also been famously mentioned in many poets from Italy and even Slovenia is famous poet Simon Gregorek
But although it might be very beautiful during World War one. It was unfortunately the host of
Twelve different battles. These were known as the twelve battles of isanzo which over three hundred thousand soldiers from the
Austro-hungarian Empire and Italy had lost their lives
That's the thing sometimes things that are so beautiful come with a lot of death
It's truth now in my last video
I also talked a lot about these silken caves
But however for this video I'm gonna expand a little bit more on the cave system because it's a very important thing within
Slovenia because in that last video I also mentioned that the country has the highest amount of sinkholes out of any country in the world
But that also means that it has the highest amount of caves of any country in the world
At least that is what Slovenia is claiming
It's really kind of hard to determine whether or not that fact is true or not
That being said in the last official report in 2011
it was stated that the country had ten thousand two hundred and fifty caves and
They even believe that there is a lot more than that
now as for the longest cave system within the country while that is also kind of
disputed because theoretically the longest is the
McGavock system that comes in at
137 thousand feet long, but however, that is classified as a cave system
Which I'm assuming as a bunch of other caves all connected into one. That would be my guess
I don't know anything about caves guys
I'm just guessing but however
The longest individual cave is the post onea cave
Coming in at seventy nine thousand one hundred thirty feet and it's not just long
It's also been a very historically important cave to the rest of the world
The bostonia cave became a tourist attraction in 1819 and was described as far back as the 17th century
However, there are some writings in the rock that date back to approximately
1213 ad and in today's world. It's one of the highest tourist attractions in the entire country
But however in the 90s this cave was so popular
They had like at least a million people coming every single year for a couple of years to see the caves
It was really cool, but talking about its history
It was also the first cave to have the first underground train system in the entire world
That's at least what they claim, but then again it's backed up by some pretty OnPoint documents
this is because this train was set up on June 6th, 1872 and even by
1923 it was completely gas operated. Also this was the first cave in the country
If not, the first cave in the entire world to have electric lighting inside of it
this happened in 1884 and even the capital of Ljubljana didn't get public lighting until
1898 and even during World War two when the Germans occupied the region they put at least a thousand barrels of airplane fuel
inside of it near the end of the war in
1944 the Slovenian rebellion actually destroyed the cave and set fire to this field and apparently it
Burned for like seven days. Yeah, that's crazy. Then all aside though. One thing that Slovenia is known for is
biodiversity
What do I mean by that?
I mean just it's got a lot of organisms within the country simply because although the land size is very small
Being only point zero zero four percent of the whole earth
It makes up approximately 1% of all the living organisms on the entire planet. I'm not really sure about that one. But then again
Slovenia has many different climates from Arctic to warm to forest and with that they have
Approximately 1 million two hundred sixty four thousand hectares of forest, which makes up
62% of the country, so
Theoretically I guess based off of that
Yeah, I could buy that that it's got a lot of biodiversity and last but not least
This is one of my favorite ones in my last video
I did talk about how the triglav national park is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site program and
Slovenia actually has two UNESCO zones, but
Not necessarily because they got two more on the potential list
And the one that I want to focus on is the prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
although located in many regions around Europe from Switzerland to Italy with a total of
111 of them being officially recognized with at least a thousand of them out there
Two of them from the official list are located in Slovenia
and what makes these two ones very fascinating is they show how far this culture actually spread because these two are the
farthest away in terms of range and distance from where the rest of the major hub of them are and
these piles date back to anywhere between
5,000 to 500 BC. So there you have it guys. That is me looking at
Slovenia yet again. Just a beautiful country. I love learning about different places
peoples and cultures and I hope you guys really like learning about this and by the way,
if we get to a part three
Be sure to let me know some facts that I didn't put in down there in the comments section below
Also, feel free to recommend some other videos around Slovenia or around anything that you guys just want to
you know learn about with that being said just an FYI if you missed the first episode of you want to learn more about
Slovenia I've done a nice little Slovenia playlist where you guys can learn more about this great amazing country
It's right, I guess in the description box below
It's also in the cards show this video whenever they appear and it'll be at the end
So you guys can check it out. But uh than that guys. My name is Dave waffle
Thanks for hanging out with me and I will see all you players in the next video, by the way
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