The 60th anniversary of legendary Italian carmaker Ferrari prompted the sports car manufacturer to put together a caravan of its vehicles to transverse the globe. A part of the caravan, twelve Ferraris in all, stopped in Ljubljana on Saturday to a welcome by Italian Ambassador to Slovenia Daniele Verga and Mayor Zoran Jankovic.
The twelve Ferraris also visited the lakeside resort of Bled and Kranjska gora ski resort before heading over the country's highest mountain pass Vrsic to Nova Gorica, a town bordering Italy.
Over 100,000 Ferrari owners were invited to take part in the event that is also collecting gifts which will later be exhibited in Rome before being sold at a charity auction.
Slovenia contributed a doorknob, designed by the country's most celebrated architect Joze Plecnik for the National and University Library building. The horse-shaped knob was chosen because Ferrari's symbol is a black prancing stallion on a yellow shield.
The caravan had already visited most of the world and its tour is expected to end on 25 June in Maranello, the headquarters of Ferrari.
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