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Postojna

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Postojna (pô`stoinä), Ger. Adelsberg, Ital. Postumia, town (1991 pop. 20,283), in Slovenia, on the Karst Plateau. A summer resort, it is famous as the site of Europe's largest stalactite caverns, which are traversed by a subterranean river. Formerly Austrian, the town passed to Italy in 1919; in 1947 it was ceded to Slovenia, then a constituent republic of Yugoslavia.


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The pirates on board three fast motorboats targetted the freighter Postojna, but fled after warning shots were fired from the Indian naval vessel escorting a convoy.
But none more spectacular than the awe-inspiring Postojna cave system, a series of vast chasms deep beneath the mountains in the scenic Karst region.
Neighboring Slovenia, north from the Austro-Hungarian splendours of the elegant resort of Opatia, is home to more natural wonders, none more spectacular than the awe-inspiring Postojna cave system, a series of vast chasms deep beneath the mountains in the scenic Karst region of this beautiful country.
 
 
 
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