Introduction

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Terra Cognita

Slovenia has maintained a powerful sense of national identity, evident in diverse cultural life nurtured with strongly held traditions.

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Freising (Brižinski) Manuscripts

A remarkable historical document, important in establishing the place of Slovenian people and culture within existing European civilization.

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Cultural Treasures

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First flute

A bear bone flute found in the remains of a hearth used by Neanderthal man 45,000 years ago.

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Hrastovlje: a Gothic monument

Dance macabre - a rare, well preserved, and complete example of one of the most famous images of medieval iconography.

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In Praise of Duchy of Carniola

Recognized as an extraordinary work of scholarship and a unique contribution to the social history of Slovenian people.

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Dalmatin Bible

It deals with spiritual, religious and literary concepts in a language which had no precedents except for the foundations laid by Trubar.

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Ethnographic Heritage

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Vernacular architecture of Slovenia

A highly diverse countryside, on a junction of the Alpine, Pannonian, Dinaric, and Mediterranean zones.

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Idrija lace

Annual exhibitions and competitions produce numerous technically and artistically accomplished pieces by practitioners of the handicraft.

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Kurentovanje

Each year, the carnival festival in Ptuj is a celebration of  Kurent. He is an ancient being, recorded in folk-tales of Carinthia.        

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Shepherd’s sundial

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

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Myths and Legends

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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.

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Pre-Christian goddess worship

In the frescoes of Hrastovlje he discovered the representation of an ancient pre-Christian religion of the Goddess.

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Natural Heritage

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The jewel of kras - Pivka Valley

The fluidly shifting relationship between surface and underground waters adds to the magic of the area. more...

Old Vine of Maribor

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

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Proteus anginus

In the eighteenth century the amphibian, proteus anginus, inhabitant of subterranean waters, was considered to be progeny of the dragon.

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Karst sheepdog

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

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Notable Slovenes

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Janez V. Valvasor, encyclopedian

At that time no other country could boast of such a publication.In this work he describes Carniola, the central Slovenian region. more...

Primož Trubar, Reformer

The third defining event in Slovenian history is the emergence of reformation and its Slovenian guiding spirit - Primož Trubar. more...

Friderik Baraga, apostle of the Indians

No missionary in Baraga’s time published more books in an Indian language, including linguistic works and school readers. more...

Jože Plečnik, architect

Jože Plečnik in synthesizing these two traditions, natures and moods, is considered one of the greatest universal artists.

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Slovenian Arts

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Ivan Grohar, impressionist

"It is the motion of an appointed moment which will last as long as the material substance of the painting lasts”. more...

Matija Jama, impressionist

Breathtakingly luminous and unsurpassed in conveying the Arcadian character of Slovenian  countryside. more...

Rihard Jakopič, impressionist

The painter initiated a temporal and socially organic continuity of Slovene art which permeated the sphere of national consciousness. more...

Slovenian Impressionism

Like Slovenian literature, Impressionism took its place as a contributory force in the cultural development of the Slovenian nation.  more...

Slovenian History

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Slovenian lands in 16th century

Throughout the land, vulnerable country people by their own initiative built “tabors”, fortified places in well defensible high locations. Villagers had a warning system of burning woodpiles, "grmade", on hills. 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 the written word to half the Europe.

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Glagolitic script in Slovenia

Glagolica was still in common use in parts of Slovenia during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.

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Stična Abbey

A centre of learning, it surpassed for a period of time in influence and standing Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenian territories.

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Slovenian Landmarks

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Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana

In Ljubljana Plečnik aimed to:  found a Slovenian architectural school, and  transform Ljubljana into a Slovenian Athens, a worthy capital of the nation.

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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.

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Old Vine of Maribor

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

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Hrastovlje: a Gothic monument

Dance macabre - a rare, well preserved, and complete example of one of the most famous images of medieval iconography.

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