Introduction
Soča Front/Isonzo Front
Slovenian lands in 16th century
Terra Cognita
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 ...
more...Freising (Brižinski) Manuscripts
A remarkable historical document, important in establishing the place of Slovenian people and culture within existing European civilization. The Brižinski spomeniki consist of three texts ...
more...Contemporary Slovenian Architecture
Jože Peterkoč
Ofis Architects
A.Biro
Nande Korpnik / New Architectural Production
Cultural Treasures
Ptuj, the oldest Slovenian city
The first Roman staging post on the Roman Road, it became a city at the time of emperor Trajan, and named Colonia Ulpia Traiana Poetovio.
more...Frescoes of Hrastovlje
First flute
A bear bone flute found in the Cave of Divje Babe (Wild Women’s Cave) in 1995 was used by Neanderthal man 45,000 years ago. The instrument has two holes intact with…
more...Pre-Christian goddess worship
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 ...
more...Ethnographic Heritage
The Past Captured in Fashions
Mankind had discovered weaving far back in the history of mankind. Embroidery and embellishment of clothes with a needle was known
more...Slovenian cuisine
Idrija lace
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 ...
more...Kurentovanje
Each year, the carnival festival in Ptuj is a celebration of Kurent. He is an ancient being, recorded in folk-tales of Carinthia.
more...Myths and Legends
Tales of three rivers
The Other World
Perceptions of landscape
Fairies
Slovenian Pantheon
The Next World
Vodnar / Aquarius
Pust / Shrovetide Carnival
Vesna
Natural Heritage
Škocjanske Jame / The Škocjan Caves
Carniolan honey bee and beekeeping
The Botanical Garden of Ljubljana
Pivka Valley, the jewel of Kras
Notable Slovenes
Baron Sigismund von Herberstein
Anton Janša, Slovene apiarist
France Prešeren, the poet
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Arts
Slovenian impressionists - Ivan Grohar
Slovenian impressionists - Matija Jama
Slovenian impressionists - Rihard Jakopič
Slovenian Impressionism
History
TIGR - Anti-fascist Resistance Movement
Slovenian lands in 16th century
Mithraic cult in Slovenian lands
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 ...
more...Glagolitic script and the Slavs
In its conception and as a linguistic tool, glagolica was an amazing achievement - a tool to give power of written word to half the Europe. It was invented to accommodate the complex sound ...
more...Landmarks
Dominkova Homestead
Šmit Homestead
Škratelj House
Liznjek Homestead
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