In its central European space, Slovenia has maintained a powerful sense of national identity, evident in a highly diversified cultural life, and cultural forms nurtured with long traditions ...

In the frescoes of Hrastovlje he discovered the representation of an ancient pre-Christian religion of the Goddess, which existed in a matriarchal world order later to be displaced ...

Bobbin lace-making is a unique phenomenon in Slovenia. It has developed most intensively in the Idrija area, although the skill has always been practiced in other parts of the country ...

The sundials carved by Slovenian shepherds of Velika planina demonstrate a high level of culture in everyday life of common people.

The grape harvesting has become a tradition and an annual festival attracts huge crowds including international visitors.

"He is intelligent, listens attentively and understands what he is told to do; in short - he is a perfect sheepdog, afraid of nothing."

Mithraism was the principal rival of Christianity at a time when there was a strong move towards monotheism throughout the Roman empire. In 2nd and 3rd centuries Ptuj ...

Glagolica was still in common use in parts of Slovenia during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. In the 16th century Reformation movement and the introduction by Primož Trubar of the Latin ...