Cultural Heritage

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CULTURAL HERITAGE

Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical science artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. Cultural heritage includes tangible culture (such as buildings, monuments, landscapes, books, works of art, and artifacts), intangible culture (such as folklore, traditions, language, and knowledge), and natural heritage (including culturally significant landscapes, and biodiversity).

The related links are:

Cultural Heritage
Historic Villages & Towns Network
Castles & Museums Network
River Basins Network
Slovenia eSeniors Network: eInclusion in Active Aging

Content

Castles & Mansions

Historic Villages & Towns

Monasteries

Libraries

Museums

Galleries

River Basins

Intangible Cultural Heritage

Cultural Route of the Council of Europe

World Heritage Sites in Slovenia

European Heritage Label

Culture of Slovenia

Cultural monuments of Slovenia

Castles

List of castles in Slovenia

Brdo Castle
Erika Križnar, Sales Manager

Bogenšperk Castle, Šmartno nr. Litija
Joži Vovk, Director

Ljubljana Castle
Mateja Avbelj Valentan, Director

Negova Castle, Sp. Ivanjci
Manja Šturm Dolinšek, Head, Tour Guides Group

Ormož Castle
Nevenka Korpič, Curator, Regional Museum Ptuj-Ormož –Ormož

Tuštanj Castle Moravče
Peter Pirnat s.p.

Predjama Castle nr. Postojna Cave
Marjan Batagelj, President of Management Board, Cave Postojnska jama

Strmol Castle
Jerca Gabor, Events Manager

Velika Nedelja Castle & Museum of Ptuj
Nevenka Korpič, Curator

Mansions

 

Zemono Manor House, Vipava
Tomaž Kavčič, Manager, Restaurant Pri Lojzetu

Dvorec Štatenberg, Makole
Peter Kociper s.p.

Historic Villages & Towns

Gažon
Elka Sabadin, President, Tourist Association Gažon, Šmarje

Krkavče
Mihael Goja, Krkavče Delegate, Local Community Šmarje, Town Municipality of Koper
Darij Lisjak, President, Volunteer Fire Department & Jernej Lisjak, Website Editor, The Smell of Istria
Pavle Goja, Krkavče St. Michael’s Parish Church
Ondina Reja, Owner, Living Museum – Vrešje Hous
Patricijo Ternav, Owner, Olive Oil Mill House (Torkla)
Robert Lisjak, Owner, Tourist Farm & Apartmens Robivera

Padna
Denis Goja, Member, Cultural and Sports Association Padna & Rural Development Counsellor, Municipality of Piran

Hrastovlje
Doris Pohlen, President, Cultural Association Jože Pohlen & Teacher of Informatics, Grammar Business School Koper
Milan Stepan, Parish Priest, Predloka, Črni kal & Holy Trinity Church
Grozdan Pohlen, Owner, Military Museum First & Second World War
Aleš Markučič, Owner, Markučič Excursion Farm
Kristjan Katarinčič, Owner, Restaurant Švab
Iztok Trček, Owner, Farm Trček, Istrian Meat Products
Rudi Kocjančič, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of the University of Ljubljana

Pliskovica
Milivoj Štemberger, President, Local Community Council Pliskovica, Municipality of Sežana,
Jernej Bortolato, Development Association Pliska
Laura Fornazarič, Head, Youth Hostel, Pliskovica, Dutovlje
Jernej Bortolato, T`mškovi, Karst Stone Products
Breda & Franko Durcik, Owners, Tourist Wine Farm Petelin Durcik
Lovretovi, Rikardo, Domen & Rok Vrabec, Wine Farm
Darij in Ivo Šuc, Owners, Wine Farm Vrabči
Irma Petelin, Owner, Api Tourism Petelin
Vili Kovačič

Radovljica
Nataša Mikelj, Managing Director, Tourism Radovljica
Natalija Černe, Head, Radovljica Tourist Information Centre
Verena Štekar-Vidic, Director, Municipial Museum of Radovljica
Miha Zalokar, Director, Hotel Grajski dvor Radovljica
Maja Buden, Manager, Kunstelj 1873, Traditional Inn and Hotel
Jože Andrejaš, Owner, Restaurant & Pension Lectar

Podbrezje
Dragica (Daca) Perne, President, Tabor Cultural Association Podbrezje
Janez Gregorc, Owner, Gregorc Farm
Janko Jeglič, Owner, Jeglič Farm
Aleš & Tatjana Jerala, Jerala Farm
Robert Markič, Owner, Tabor Restaurant
Viktor  Marinšek, Owner, Slavka Restaurant

Kropa
Branko Maček, President, Kropa Local Community
Branko Kavčič, Vice President, Kropa Local Community
Saša Florjančič, Curator, Iron Forging Museum Kropa,
Iron-Forging Craft and Trade, UKO – umetnokovaška obrt in trgovina Kropa, d.o.o.
Metka Kavčič, Tourist Association Kropa
Restaurant pr’ Kovač Kropa
Restaurant By Jarm Kropa

Sveta Ana in Slovenske Gorice
Silvo Slaček, Mayor, Municipality of Sveta Ana 
Viktor Kapl, President, Wine Producers Association Sveta Ana
Feliks Berič, President, Tourist Association Sveta Ana
Evgen Simonič, Owner, Production of Vinegar Simonič
Miran Kolarič, Owner, Production of Oil Kolarič, Jurovski Dol
Viktor Kapl, Owner, Farm Kapl
Natalija Monika Eder – Kramberger, Owner, Restaurant Eder
Tatjana in Dušan Mihelič, Owners, Tourist Farm Rožengrunt by Mihelič

Jeruzalem
Marjan Munda, President; Matevž Kaučič, Vice President, Local Community Council, Železne Dveri, Ljutomer
Jerneja Rajner, Head, Tourist Information Centre Ljutomer
Vincenc Brenholc, Farm & Tourism Brenholc Jeruzalem
Samo Kupljen, Owner & Mag. Lidija Kupljen, Director, Vino Kupljen Jeruzalem – Svetinje
Marjan Novak, Tavern Jeruzalem
Jeruzalem Mansion, Ivanjkovci

Velika Nedelja, Municipality of Ormož 
Karmen Štumberger, M.Sc., Head, Departmernt of Economy, Municipality of Ormož
Simona Kosi, Acting Director, Institute for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Municipality of Ormož
Marjan Mušič, President, Local Community Velika Nedelja
Anton Žumbar, President, Cultural Association Simon Gregorčič Velika Nedelja & Principal, Basic School Velika Nedelja
Nevenka Korpič, Custodian, Velika Nedelja Castle & Museum of Ptuj
Father Janko Štampar, Prior, Teutonic Order & Velika Nedelja Parish Church
Franci Cvetko, Owner, Kogl Winery, Velika Nedelja
Sonja Ozmec, Owner, Sonja Ozmec, Tourist Farm & Accommodation, Senešci, Velika Nedelja

Kobarid 
Natalija Rot, President, Tourist Association
Jože Šerbec, Director, Kobarid Museum
Bojan Rustja, Owner, Alberto Picco Museum Collection of the First World War
Ivo Krajnik, Owner, Museum Collection Upper Soča (Isonzo) River and Kobarid (Caporetto) Retreat in 1917
Valter Kramar & Ana Roš, Owners, Restaurant Hiša Franko
Tanja Hvala, Owner, Hvala Hotel & Restaurant Topli val
Natalija Rot, Owner, Apartment Hiša Sonca
Lidija Koren, Owner, Koren Kobarid Camp

Tolmin
Špela Kranjc, Public Relations & Protocol, Municipality of Tolmin
Mateja Leban, Acting Director, Local Tourist Association Sotočje, Tolmin-Kobarid
Mag. Damjana Fortunat Černilogar, Director, Tolmin Museum
Dijana Škoberne, Director, Hotel Dvorec, Tolmin

Brda
Tina Novak Samec, Director, Tourist information Centre Brda, Dobrovo

Vipava
Mag. Iris Skočaj, Director, Tourist Information Center – TIC Vipava
Branko Tomažič, President, Wine Tourist Association Vrhpolje & Farm Tomažič
Miha Povh, Owner, Povh Wine Cellar, Goče
Nataša & Matej Tomažič, Owners,  Majerija homestead, Slap
Tomaž Kavčič, Manager, Restaurant Pri Lojzetu, Zemono Manor House Vipava
Apartments and Rooms Koren, Vipava
Simon Žorž, President, Local Community Goče, Municipality of Vipava
Davorin & Jelka Mesesnel, Owners, Cejko Farm & Restaurant, Goče, Vipava

Vipavski Križ
Harij Bat, President, Local Community Vipavski Križ, Municipality of Ajdovščina
Marjan Brataševec, President, Tourist Association Vipavski Križ
Ljubo Žgavc, Head, Institute Vipavski Križ
Sonja Mužina, Head, Tourist Information Centre – TIC Ajdovščina
Father Marjan Potočnik, Guardian, Capuchin Monastery St. Francis Vipavski Križ
Oskar Birsa, Owner, Tourist Farm Birsa, Dobravlje
Silva and Jordan Cigoj, Owners, Tourist Farm Arkade, Črniče

Novo mesto 
Vida Čadonič Špelič, Ph.D., Director, Municipality Administration, Town Municipality of Novo mesto
Mitja Simič, Head, Institute for the Cultural Heritage Protection, Novo mesto Regional Office
Simona Mele, Director  & Matjaž Pavlin, Conusellor, Kompas – Tourist Information Center – TIC Novo mesto
Jasna Dokl Osolnik, Director, Museum of Dolenjska, Novo mesto
Vojko Grobovšek, Tour Guides Coordinator, Cars and Caravans IMV Museum Collection
Silvester Fabijan, Parish Priest, St. Nicholas Cathedral Novo mesto
Igor Zevnik, Front Desk Manager, Hotel Krka Novo mesto
Marjanca Trščinar Antič, Marketing, Hotel Center Novo mesto
Slavko Vidmar, Director, Restaurant Loka Novo mesto
Borut Jakše, Owner, Restaurant Jakše Novo mesto
Rok Vovko, Owner, Restaurant & Apartments Vovko, Ratež, Brusnice & Council Member, Local Community Brusnice
Boštjan Predovič, Owner, Restaurant Boheja Novo mesto
Marjan Hren, Founder & President, Ernst Mach Route Association, Slatnik nr. Novo mesto

Drašiči  
Veronika Plut, President, Local Community Drašiči, Municipality of Metlika & Plut Anton, Owner, Plut Mill
Martin Simonič, Vice President, Neighbourhood Vineyard Cottage of Drašiči
Primož Bertalanič, Priest, Metlika Parish & Three Parishes, Rosalnice
Julij Nemanič, Ph.D., Enolog,  Member, Dolenjska Academic Initiative
Martin & Bernarda Pečarič, Owners, Oil Mill Pečarič
Nada Simonič, Owner, Tourism Simonič – Open Doors Farm
Anton Vinopivec, Owner, Dolc Vineyards and Wines
Lidija, Jože, Marija Mavretič, Owners, Mavretič Wine
Martin Pečarič, Owner, Pečarič Wine House Čurile
Jožef Prus, Owner, Prus Wines Krmačina
Otmar & Lidija Šturm, Owners, Šturm Wines Vidošiči, St. Ana & Metlika Castle Cellar

Bizeljsko
Mateja Kmetič, President, Local Community Bizeljsko, Municipality of Brežice
Mateja Kmetič, President & Vesna Kunej, Vice President, Tourist Association Bizeljsko
Vlado Leskovar, Parish Priest & Church St. Lovrenc
Blaž Zagmajster, President, Winegrowers Association Bizeljsko
Janez Istenič, Owner, Sparkling Wine
Bojan Klakočar, Owner, Wine Cellar, Castle Bizeljsko
Aleš Balon, Owner, Organic Farm
Aljoša Najger Runtas, Owner, Repnica Najger
Kocjan Ivanka, Owner, Restaurant Kocjan

Stična
Borut Finec, President, Local Community Stična
David Mrvar, President, Tourist Association Stična
Nataša Polajnar Frelih, M.Sc., Director, Slovene Museum of Christianity
Father Janez Novak, Abbot & Father Maksmilijan File, Prior, Stična Abbey – the only operating Cistercian Monastery in Slovenia with the Retreat Center
Miha Genorio, Director, Zavod prijetno domače Ivančna gorica
Borut Žaren, Owner, Tourist Village Pristava, Stična

Beltinci
Ela Horvat, Director, Institute for Tourism and Culture Beltinci
Elizabeta Zadravec, President, Beltinci Local Community
Milan Kerman, Mayor, Municipality of Beltinci
Sebastijan Rous, President, Culture and Art Society
Simona Cizar, Director, Murama, Events and Tourism
Matej Vučina, Owner, Restaurant Castle Tower
Anton Baligač, Owner, Restaurant Tonček

Monasteries

Bled Island Church
Janez Ferkolj, Bled Parish Priest

Charterhouse of Pleterje, Drča nr. Šentjernej
Father Frančišek M., Prior

Charterhouse Žiče 
Renata Klančnik, M.Sc., Manager, Slovenske Konjice Public Library
Tjaša Kangler, M.Sc., Head, Tourist Information Centre – TIC, Slovenske Konjice

Franciscan Monastery Kostanjevica Nova Gorica, Tombs of the Bourbons
Father Jernej Kurinčič, OFM, Guardian

Libraries

National and University Library of Slovenia, Ljubljana
Slovenian National E-content Aggregator Europeana
Viljem Leban, Director
Ines Vodopivec, Ph.D., Deputy Director for Professional Activities
Melita Ambrožič, Ph.D., Deputy Director for Ljubljana University Library System
Janko Klasinc, Head of Digital Library
Zoran Krstulović, MA, Digital Library
Mojca Dolgan Petrič, Head, Projects Management Office, Corporate Programmes and Project Management Office

Franciscan Friary Library Novo mesto
Father Tomaž Hočevar, Guardian & Librarian
Cecilija Smolič, Deputy Librarian

Miran Jarc Library Novo mesto
Burut Novak, Director
Bojana Medle, Events & Public Relations
Irena Muc, Deputy Director

Valvasor Library Krško
Urška Lobnikar Paunović, Director

The United Growing Books of the World
Boštjan Žekš, Ph.D., Professor, Academician, President, Association Growing Book of Slovenia & Senior Adviser to the President, Office of the President of the Republic of Slovenia
Janez Gabrijelčič, Ph.D., Author and Programm Coordinator
Marjeta Tratnik Volasko, M.Sc., Secretary, c/o National Council of Slovenia
Case: Growing Book of the Basic School Dr. Pavle Lunaček Šentrupert

Museums

List of museums in Slovenia

Posavje Museum Brežice
Alenka Černelič Krošelj, Acting Director
Andreja Matijevc, Coordinator and Cultural Programs Organizer

Idrija Municipal Museum
Ivana Leskovec, Director
Milojka Magajne, Senior Curator & Website Editor

Slovene Museum of Christianity, Ivančna Gorica
Nataša Polajnar Frelih, M.Sc., Director
Tadej Trnovšek, Senior Curator

Upper Sava Valley Museum, Jesenice
Irena Lačen Benedičič, Director
Aljaž Pogačnik, Curator for Contemporary Art and Recent Local History

Kobarid Museum
Jože Šerbec, Director

Museum of Gorenjska, Kranj
Marjana Žibert, M.Sc., Director
Verena Vidrih Perko, Ph.D., Senior Curator & Assistant Professor of Ancient Roman Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Ljubljana & Member, International Council of Museums – ICOM, International Committee for the Training of Personnel – ICTOP

Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana
Bernarda Županek, Ph.D., Curator, Department of Classical Antiquity

Vrbovec Museum of Forestry and Timber, Nazarje
Barbara Šoster Rutar, Director

Museum of Dolenjska, Novo mesto
Jasna Dokl Osolnik, Director
Borut Križ, Curator
Petra Stipančić, Curator

Regional Museum Ptuj Ormož
Aleksander Lorenčič, Ph.D., Director

Municipal Museums of Radovljica
Verena Štekar-Vidic, Director
Jerneja Jelovčan Koselj, Museum Educator

Open-air Museum of Hayracks Šentrupert
Branka Brcar, Director
Alenka Stražišar Lamovšek, Curator

Škofja Loka Museum
Saša Nabergoj, Director
Barbara Vurnik Sterle, Curator & Museum Counselor
Boštjan Soklič, Curator

Tolmin Museum
Damjana Fortunat Černilogar, M.Sc., Director

Tržič Museum
Jana Babšek, Director

Galleries

Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki
Goran Milovanović, Director

Original Illustrations by Youth and the Slovenian Picture Books Šentrupert
Jože Tratar, Principal, Basic School Dr. Pavle Lunaček Šentrupert

River Basins

List of rivers of Slovenia

Kolpa River Basin 

Tourist Agency Kolpa, Sela, Osilnica
Alenka Kovač, Owner

Tourist Association Poljanska dolina ob Kolpi, Stari trg ob Kolpi
Martin Lindič, President

Hotel and Sports Center Kovač d.o.o. Kolpa, Sela, Osilnica
Simon Kovač, Director

Sports and Tourism Association Vinica
Rok Mirtič, President

Restaurant Veselič, Podzemelj, Gradac
Andreja Drakulič Veselič, Owner

Camp & Mill Farm Lovšin, Križevska vas, Metlika
Luka Lovšin, Owner

Camping Podzemelj
Petra Pešelj, Head

Krka River Basin

Tourist Association Suha krajina Žužemberk
Vlado Kostevc, President

Tourist Association Straža
Pavel Vidic, President

Kompas Travel Agency – Tourist Information Center Novo mesto
Matjaž Pavlin, Director

Underwater Activities Association Novo mesto
Anita Pajtler, President

Restaurant Loka Novo mesto
Slavko Vidmar, Director

Tourist Association Otočec
Jure Rifelj, President

Tourist Association Kostanjevica na Krki
Tatjana Petrič, President

Tourism Association Landestrost, Kostanjevica na Krki
Matija Tomazin, Member

Restaurant Žolnir, Kostanjevica na Krki
Fanika & Otto Sevšek, Owners

Mura River Basin (in Slovenia)

The Island of Love & The floating Mill on the Mura River, Ižakovci
Ela Horvat, Director

Muramar, Mura River Rafting
Simona Cizar, Director

Rafting Association Dokležovje
Marko Žižek, President

Tourist Association Brod Melinci
Janez Koštric, President

Tinekov brod, Gornja Bistrica
Jožef Pozderec, Owner

Razkriški kot, Municipality of Razkrižje
Stanko Ivanušič, Mayor

Beekeeping – API Tourism on the Mura River, Melinci
Štefan Šemen, Owner

Upper Savinja River Basin

Center RINKA – Institute for tourism and sustainable development of Solčavsko, Solčava
Mateja Brlec Suhodolnik, Director

Soča River Basin

Triglav National Park Information Centre – Trenta Lodge
Marko Pretner, Head

Tourist Association Soča Trenta
Božo Bradaškja, President

Camp Triglav Trenta, Soča
Marija Kravanja, Owner

Pristava Lepena, Soča
Silvia & Milan Dolenc, Owners

Restaurant Metoja, Trenta, Soča
Božo Bradaškja, Owner

Hotel Dobra Vila Bovec
Jurij Žagar, Owner

Tourist Information Center, Municipality of Kanal ob Soči
Nika Testen, Counselor

Appartments Pr’ Cerovščku, Kanal
Marko Valentinčič, Owner

HIT Hotels Nova Gorica
Darja Kralj, Sales

Intangible Cultural Heritage

The Freising Manuscripts (Brižinski spomeniki)
An electronic text edition by Frederik Kortlandt. The oldest known writings in Slovene written in Latin, likely created before the year 1000. Preserved today in the Munich National Library
Wikipedia

A Thousand Years of Words
Mag. Zoran Krstulović, Deputy Director for Library Programmes, National and University Library of Slovenia

Slovenian linguistics from the 16th to the early 20th century
Mag. Zoran Krstulović, Deputy Director for Library Programmes, National and University Library of Slovenia

Primož Trubar, a Slovenian Protestant Reformer of the Lutheran tradition, mostly known as the author of the first Slovene language printed book (1508 – 28 June 1586)

Stud farm of Lipizzaner Horses. Established by Charles II, Archduke of Austria in Lipica, Sežana on 19 May 1580

Janez Ludvik (Johan Ludwig) Schönleben (November 16, 1618 – October 15, 1681), Carniolan priest, rhetorician, and historian

The Academia Operosorum Labacensium (Academy of the Industrious Residents of Ljubljana) – a forerunner of the modern Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts founded in Ljubljana in 1693 as an association of 23 scholars

Francesco Robba (1 May 1698 – 24 January 1757), Italian sculptor of the Baroque period. Born in Venice, he moved to Ljubljana to work with the Slovene master Luka Mislej

Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (27 August 1703 – 29 October 1774), Jesuit missionary and astronomer from Carniola (then Habsburg Monarchy, now Slovenia). He was active in 18th century in China and spent 35 years at the imperial court of the Qianlong Emperor as the Head of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau and Board of Mathematics.

Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (28 May 1641 – September or October 1693)
Slovenian by homeland, European by spirit – scientific and artistic legacy after 20 years of living on Bogenšperk castle
Wikipedia
Bogenšperk Castle, Šmartno nr. Litija
Joži Vovk, Director

The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola. By Baron Johann Weikhard von Valvasor. First published in Nürenberg (Die Ehre des Hertzogthums Crain), 1689
Published in 2017 by the Institute of the Land of Carniola, Ljubljana, Josipina Pika Trpin, Marketing

Valvasor Route: Locations of Johann Weikhard von Valvasor Life and Work
Directors Consortium  (in preparation)
Joži Vovk, Director, Bogenšperk Castle, Consortium Coordinator

Maria Theresa & Slovenia (13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780): The 300th anniversary of birth of one of the most important European sovereigns
Maria Theresa – Wikipedia
Maria Theresa: Strategist – Mother – Reformer. Exhibition, Vienna, 15 March to 29 November 2017
Maria Theresa. The Holy Roman empress from 1740 to 1780 – Encyclopedia.com
Maria Theresa. Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Roman-German Empress, born 1717; died 1780 – Catholic Encyclopedia
Maria Theresa and her reforms. By Martin Mutschlechner. World and worlds of the Habsburgs. Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H., Vienna
What made Austria’s Maria Theresa a one-of-a-kind ruler. By Klaus Krämer (ad). DW Akademie, Germany’s leading organization for international media development, 15.03.2017
Empress Maria Theresa Founding Charter of the Novo mesto Grammar School. Issued in Vienna, August 8, 1746
Cesarica Marija Terezija Ustanovna listina novomeške gimnazije Izstavljena na Dunaju 8.8.1746
Internetno spominsko obelezje Novomescanom 1745 April 7 2018
Association of a combined guild of blacksmiths, locksmiths, belt makers and millers of the Beltinci Parish. Signed by Empress Maria Theresa on April 19th, 1777. The document is kept in the Pomurje Museum Murska Sobota
Empress Maria Theresa Gymnasiums Network

Anton Janša, a pioneer of modern apiculture (20 May 1734 – 13 September 1773)

Teaching of beekeeping in Carniola from Peter Pavel Glavar (1768) and Anton Janša (1770) to Emil Rothschütz (1874). By Andrej Šalehar, 2014
Matej Mandelj, Secretary, Slovenian Beekeeper’s Association

Gabriel Gruber (Wien 1740 – St. Petersburg 1805)
Professor, Jesuit Gymnasium of Ljubljana & Director, School for Mechanics, Hydraulics and Navigation & Superior General, Society of Jesus in Russia
Wikipedia

Sigmund (Žiga) Zois (23 November 1747 – 10 November 1819), Carniolan nobleman, natural scientist and patron of the arts, considered one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment Era in the Slovene Lands of Habsburg Austria

Valentin Vodnik (3 February 1758 – 8 January 1819), Carniolan priest, journalist and poet of Slovene descent active in the late Enlightenment period

Franc Pirc, priest and apple tree nursery (November 20, 1785 – January 22, 1880)
Roman Catholic priest and missionary to the Ottawa and Ojibwe Indians in present-day MichiganOntario, and Minnesota. Because he attracted numerous Catholic German Americans to settle in Central Minnesota, he is referred to as the “Father of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud.”

Life and Work of Franc Ksaver Pirc (in Slovene language). By Bogomil Brvar & Karel A. Ceglar, sdb. Cultural and Sports Association Peče, 2018, pp. 621

Irenaeus Frederic Baraga (June 29, 1797 – January 19, 1868)
Slovenian Roman Catholic missionary to the United States and a grammarian of Native American languages. He became the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette, Michigan.

In Baraga’s Land. In Slovene language: Po Baragovi deželi. By Tone Zrnec, C.M. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church (Slovenska šola Marije Pomagaj), Toronto, Canada, March 25, 1969.

Illyrian Provinces 1809 – 1816

France Prešeren, Romantic Slovene poet (2 or 3 December 1800 – 8 February 1849)

Southern Railway in Austria: Vienna-Graz-Maribor-Celje-Ljubljana-Trieste (1839 – 1857)

John (Ivan) Jager (1871-1947), an artist, intellectual and Prairie School architect active in Minnesota, USA

Architect Jože Plečnik (23 January 1872 – 7 January 1957)
Plečnik House – Home of Architect Jože Plečnik
Plečnik’s Ljubljana – Walking tour of Plečnik’s Ljubljana
Ana Porok, Museum Advisor, Plečnik Collection’s Curator, Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana

Herman Potočnik Noordung, a Slovene rocket engineer and pioneer of cosmonautics (astronautics) (22 December 1892 – 27 August 1929)

Dr. Andrej Gosar, Slovene and Yugoslav politician, sociologist, economist and political theorist (30 November 1887 – 21 April 1970)

Bled eConference (1987-2017)

List of Slovenes

List of Nobel laureates – Slovenia

Research on Slovene Immigration to the United States: Past Achievements and Future Directions
By Dr. Matjaz Klemencic. Slovene Studies 8/2 (1986) 9-14

Slovene Settlements in the United States of America
By Dr. Matjaz Klemencic. All Slovenian Cultural Committee, theSlovenian.com, Toronto, ON, Canada

Slovenian American Inventors and Innovators
By Dr. Edward Gobetz (Edi Gobec), Founder & Director. Published by U.S. Embassy Ljubljana, June 20, 2011
The book is available directly from the publisher and from Slovenian Research Center of America, Willoughby Hills, USA

Sloveniana Webzine –  A showcase of Slovenia and its culture
Aleksandra L. Ceferin, Chief Editor, Institute for Slovenian Studies of Victoria Inc., Melbourne, Australia

South America

Bivališča Branislave Sušnik – Moradas de Branislava Susnik. Avtorja besedila: Barbara Pregelj in Francisco Tomsich. Malinc Medvode, 2020.
Branislava Sušnik (28 March 1920, Medvode, Slovenia – 28 April 1996, Asunción, Paraguay), Slovenian-Paraguayan Anthropologist. Wikipedia.
Stamp: Paraguayan Anthropologists – Branislava Susnik. Paraguay Postal Service 2005.
Birth centenary of Slovenian-Paraguayan anthropologist Dr Branislava Sušnik. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia, 27. 3. 2020.
The Overlooked Researcher: The Contribution of Dr. Branislava Sušnik to the Research of the Indigenous Cultures of Paraguay. By Marija Mojca Terčelj, 2021.

Maria Theresa & Slovenia

Maria Theresa ‒ an Enlightened Reformer and Grandmother of Central Europe. International Scientific Conference
Program
Milko Kos Historical Institute, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana
Dr. Miha Preinfalk, Senior Research Fellow & Mag. Barbara Šterbenc Svetina, Administrative Assistant

300 Years After. Empress Maria Theresia and Her 1748 Imperial Seal. By Dr. Jure Volčjak. Archivalia of the Month, May 2017

Marking of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Empress Maria Theresa
City Municipality of Novo mesto
Dr. Vida Čadonič Špelič, Director, Municipal Administration

At the 300th Anniversary of the Birth of Maria Theresa. Jurij Vega Gymnasium Idrija. By Janez Kavčič

Cultural Route of the Council of Europe

Certified Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe crossing Slovenia

St. Martin’s Way

Way of St. James in Slovenia

A walking path along the Frederic Irenej Baraga route of the Municipality of Trebnje

The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic
Maša Klavora, Head, The Walks of Peace in the Soča Region Foundation

World Heritage Sites in Slovenia

Idrija Heritage CentreUNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Slovenia
Sanja Marija Pellis, Director
Aleksandra Kuštrin, Secretary
Mojca Gorjup Kavčič, Idrija Geopark Consultant
Tadeja Bezeljak, Marketing Communications & Website Editor
Mirka Rupnik, Expert Advisor, Tourist Information Centre

Škofja Loka Passion Play – UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Slovenia

Door-to-door rounds of Kurenti Slovenia. Inscribed on December 7, 2017 on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

May 20 – World Bee Day
The United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution declaring 20 May as World Bee Day on December 20, 2017.
May 20 is the birthday of Anton Janša (1734–1773), the pioneer of modern beekeeping and one of the best bee experts of his time. Proposed by Slovenian Beekeepers Association on 11.6.2015.

Foraging Afar. Tales from a Decade of Beekeeping Across the World. By William Blomstedt. Wicwas Press LLC, Kalamazoo MI, USA, Oct 24, 2018, pp 253

Dry stone walling on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list. Ancient building method used in Slovenia, Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Switzerland, France and Spain, 28 Nov 2018

Bobbin lace making on UNESCO’s intangible heritage. Traditional lace-making technique using special wooden sticks – bobbins, 29 Nov 2018

UNESCO Tentative Lists: The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic – Heritage of the First World War
Maša Klavora, Head, The Walks of Peace in the Soča Region Foundation. Submission by the Permanent Delegation of Slovenia to UNESCO on 29/01/2016.

European Heritage Label

Franja Partisan Hospital
European Heritage Label
Ivana Leskovec, Director, Idrija Municipal Museum & Idrija Castle Gewerkenegg

Memorial Church of the Holy Spirit at Javorca – the Place of European Remembrance (Slovenia)
Commission decides to give the European Heritage Label to nine heritage sites, March 1, 2018.
Mag. Damjana Fortunat Černilogar, Director, Tolmin Museum

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