Frescoes of Hrastovlje

Dance macabre - a rare, well preserved, and complete example of one of the most famous images of medieval iconography.
more...It deals with spiritual, religious and literary concepts in a language which had no precedents except for the foundations laid by Trubar.
more...Recognized as an extraordinary work of scholarship and a unique contribution to the social history of Slovenian people.
more...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...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...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...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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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...