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<p><b>Ljubljana</b> is the <a href="/pages/w/106010876106177">capital</a> and largest city of <a href="/pages/w/103787872993257">Slovenia</a>. It has been the cultural, educational, economic, political, and administrative center of independent Slovenia since 1991. Its central geographic location within Slovenia, transport connections, concentration of industry, scientific and research institutions, and cultural tradition are contributing factors to its leading position.</p><p>During antiquity, a Roman city called <a href="/pages/w/110575712297441">Emona</a> stood in the area. Ljubljana itself was first mentioned in the first half of the 12th century. It was under <a href="/pages/w/112776562070700">Habsburg</a> rule from the Middle Ages until the dissolution of the <a href="/pages/w/110465948973564">Austro-Hungarian</a> Empire in 1918. Situated at the middle of a trade route between the northern <a href="/pages/w/108080045880611">Adriatic Sea</a> and the <a href="/pages/w/112094592136434">Danube</a> region, it was the historical capital of <a href="/pages/w/105779546128894">Carniola</a>, a <a href="/pages/w/103764326329524">Slovene</a>-inhabited part of the <a href="/pages/w/103761276328869">Habsburg Monarchy</a>.</p>