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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St. Martin Church on Šilentabor

The Church of St. Martin was probably built in the 11th or 12th century. Archaeologists discovered the wall of the original, characteristically Romanesque half-circular apsis. The remnants of the church can now be seen under the floor of the presbytery. The frescoes were painted around 1450. more...

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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Grad Strmol in Upper Carniola, Slovenia

Picturesquely set against the steep hill Dvorje, Strmol is one of those castles in Upper Carniola, which has throughout retained its Slovenian name. Strmolski knights appeared in the records in the second half of the 13th century...


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