Modern history Velenje
newly built quarter of velenje in 1960
the 1889 old velenje (slovene: staro velenje), old part of today s city, small market town 364 citizens, located downtown @ foot of velenje castle. lignite mining industry in area contributed expansion of town before world war ii.
after war, velenje rapidly advanced , developed modern city. city planned , built in 1950s, in time of socialist republic of slovenia. manufacturer of home appliances, gorenje, moved headquarters city nearby settlement of gorenje.
the central tito square officially opened on september 20, 1959, , features tallest statue of tito in world (about 10 m or 33 ft). designed antun augustinčič , vladimir herljević. square once used meeting place of nikita khrushchev , leonid brezhnev, edward gierek , nicolae ceaușescu.
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