Frescoes of Hrastovlje

The eye is assailed by a plethora of images and warm, rich colours, every space and surface aglow with familiar images of Christian iconography more...

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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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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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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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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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 ...

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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…

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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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