Celje

Celje, city, central Slovenia, on the Savinja River about 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital. Founded as Claudia Celeia by the Roman emperor Claudius in the 1st century ce, it was home in the 3rd century to a Christian bishop later canonized as St. Maximilian. It later became the feudal capital (1333–1456) of the counts of Celje. There are remains of walls that surrounded the medieval town, medieval churches, and the old...