symbol the Triglav was first used in 1934 on the mantle of Our Lady in front of the parish church in Bled by the famous architect Joze Plecnik. During World War II the Slovenian liberation front bore in its emblem a stylized Triglav. Since 1947 such a symbol has figured at one time in the arms of the Peoples Republic of Slovenia and since 1991 another variant has figured in the coat of arms of the independent Republic. Slovenia is thus one of the few states in the world, and the only one in Europe, in whose national symbol is contained the representation of a mountain - in this case of an alpine peak.
STANKO BUSER, "THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE SLOVENIAN ALPS"
The geological history of the Slovenian Alps is fairly well researched. The first scientific investigations of this territory stem from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. A clearer picure is provided by researches made after World War II by Slovenian geologists. The most complete data on the structure of the Alps are provided by geological maps and their explanations thereof. But a full description of the genesis of this territory is still to come. The article restricts itself to the region of the upper Julian Alps, of the Kamnisko-Savinjske Alps and the southern Karavanke, that is, of the Southern Alps. It provides an easily comprehensible overall view of geological processes over a period of about 400 million years.
