Culture And People

Culture, Arts, Science and People

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  1. Since which year BC has the area of Ljubljana Castle been settled continuously, according to archaeological surveys?
  2. In which year was a castle first mentioned under the German name Luegg, when the Patriarch of Aquileia built it in Gothic style?
  3. Which knight was lord of Predjama Castle in the 15th century and a renowned robber baron?
  4. In which year was the second castle built by the Purgstall family destroyed in an earthquake?
  5. In 1567, which baron was leased the castle by Archduke Charles of Austria?
  6. The Triple Bridge comprises how many bridges spanning the Ljubljanica River?
  7. In which year was the Triple Bridge added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of Plečnik legacy?
  8. Who designed the bridge that in 1842 replaced the Lower Bridge and was named Franz Bridge?
  9. In 1911, to which city did Plečnik move to teach at the college of arts and crafts?
  10. Who was the first president of the new Czechoslovak Republic who appointed Plečnik chief architect for the 1920 renovation of Prague Castle?
  11. In 1821, Prešeren enrolled at the University of Vienna to study what?
  12. Which future philologist became friends with the poet France Prešeren as a high school student?
  13. In which village in the Duchy of Carniola was Trubar born?
  14. In which year was he expelled from Ljubljana after leaning towards Protestantism?
  15. In which Carniolan town near Ljubljana was Ivan Cankar born?
  16. Stefan student Ludwig Boltzmann extended the law to grey-body emissions in which year?
  17. In which year was the Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for contributions to quantitative organic microanalysis?
  18. In which city was Pregl born?
  19. Pregl studied what at the University of Graz before starting his career as a chemist?
  20. In which city in Istria was Potočnik born?

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