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Ptuj is Slovenia's eighth-largest town, located in northeastern Styria, and is described as the oldest recorded city in Slovenia. It developed from a Roman military fort at a strategically important crossing of the Drava River, along a prehistoric trade route connecting the Baltic Sea and the Adriatic.

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