Though not for long https://slovenia.si/this-is-slovenia/remnants-of-slovenias-g... :( (the other Slovenian glacier is almost gone as well)

> Spitting distance to the mediterranean.

People tend to underestimate how cold it gets in the interior of countries generally seen as the "sunny Mediterranean" - from Croatia, Montenegro, Albania and even Greece.

There are glaciers on Kilimanjaro or South American mountains ie in Ecuador which are very close to equator, its just a question of altitude and given microclimate.