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Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia. The population of Maribor is approximately 133,000 [1]. Maribor lies on the river Drava at the meeting point of the Pohorje mountain, the Drava Valley, the Drava Plain, and the Kozjak and Slovenske gorice hill ranges. It is the center of the Slovenian region of Lower Styria and its largest city. Maribor Airport is the second largest international airport in Slovenia. The nearest larger urban center is Graz (Gradec) in Austria which is about 60 km (40 miles) away. Maribor's coat of arms features a white dove flying downwards above a white castle with two towers and a portcullis on a red shield. Popular tourist sites in Maribor include the 12th century cathedral in the Gothic style and the town hall constructed in the Renaissance fashion. The castle dates from the 15th century. The city hosts the University of Maribor, established in 1961, and many other schools. It is also home to the oldest grapevine in the world called Stara trta, which is more than 400 years old. Maribor is hometown of NK Maribor (www), a Slovenian football team. They participated in the UEFA Champions League in the 1999-2000 season. Every January, the skiing centre of Mariborsko Pohorje, situated on the outskirts of the city on the slopes of the Pohorje mountain range, hosts women's slalom and giant slalom races for the Alpine Skiing World Cup known as Zlata lisica (The Golden Fox). Every June, the two-week Festival Lent (named after the waterfront district called Lent) is held, with hundreds of musical, theatrical and other events. Maribor was named as an Alpine city in 2000 and chosen as European Capital of Culture 2012 alongside with Guimar??es, Portugal. Maribor will be the host city of the 2013 Winter Universiade.

The Pons Fabricius (Italian: Ponte Fabricio (Fabricius' Bridge) or Ponte Quattro Capi) is the oldest bridge in Rome that is still in use.[dubious ?? discuss] Built in 62 BC, it spans half of the Tiber River, from the Campus Martius on the east side to Tiber Island in the middle. (The Pons Cestius is west of the island.) Quattro Capi (four heads) refers to the two marble pillars of the two-faced Janus herms on the parapet, which were moved here from the nearby Church of St. Gregory (Monte Savello) in the 14th century. According to Dio Cassius, the bridge was built in 62 BC, the year after Cicero was consul, to replace an earlier wooden bridge destroyed by fire. It was commissioned by Lucius Fabricius, the curator of the roads and a member of the gens Fabricia of Rome. Completely intact from Roman antiquity, it has been in continuous use ever since. The Pons Fabricius has a length of 62 m, and is 5.5 m wide. It is constructed from two wide arches, supported by a central pillar in the middle of the stream. Its nucleus is built of blocks operino. Its outer facing today is made of bricks and travertine. An original inscription on the travertine commemorates its builder in elegant Roman capitals, L . FABRICIVS . C . F . CVR . VIAR | FACIVNDVM . COERAVIT | IDEMQVE | PROBAVIT. It is repeated four times: on each arch, on both sides of the bridge. A later inscription, in smaller lettering, records that the bridge was later restored under Pope Innocent XI, probably in 1679.

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