Dear Friends!

Slovenia became a member of the European Union on 1st May, 2004. Even though it is a very small country in Central Europe, it still possesses unsurpassed beauty yet to be discovered.
Castles of Europe is an interactive eTwinning project produced by young Europeans for young Europeans, in order to get to know their little piece of the European continent better.
Osnovna sola Pivka, Slovenia
twinned up with
IIS Carlo Urbani – Sede Acilia Berlinguer in Rome, Italy
and are exchanging information and learning about each other's history. This time round, through castles. Castles play a major part in a country's history. Many historical decisions, activities, important battles, and other events that moulded countries into what they are today, took place in and around castles. Today most castles in Slovenia have been turned into museums harbouring artifacts and other treasures for tourists to see. Some have unfortunately collapsed into oblivion while others stand idley by, waiting to be noticed by the cultural eye and hopefully saved. In Slovenia there are over 50 well-known castles spread all over the country.
We have collected information on five of them and we invite you to enter our site and have a look. Then test your knowledge with a short quiz, a crossword and a map quest. This way you will get to know Slovenia better. Have fun !!

Pupils from the English Circle and mentor Magdalena Bobek
OSNOVNA ŠOLA PIVKA, Slovenia.

You are welcome to add your piece of Europe to our project.