Ptuj - market place, Slovenia
Ptuj is a city with 17,880 inhabitants (2022) and the seat of the Ptuj municipality (with all the district communities, it has a total of almost 24,000 inhabitants) and administrative units, transport, supply, economic, employment, educational and cultural center of Spodnje Podravje or the Drava and Ptuj fields, Haloz and the southern part of Slovenske gorice. In the city that developed around Ptuj Castle, in addition to other institutions of regional importance (Provincial Museum, Hospital Jože Potrča, City Theater Ptuj, etc.), Bistra Ptuj Scientific Research Center (ZRS), which is a leading development institution and interface between the public and private sectors, the Regional Higher Education and Higher Education Center (REVIVIS) Ptuj with the University of Ptuj, etc.