Carantanians were a Slavic people of the Early Middle Ages, living in the principality of Carantania, later known as Carinthia, which covered present-day southern Austria and parts of Slovenia. They a
Carantanian Prince sitting on the Prince's Stone
Location of the Prince's Stone near Karnburg
The Freising Manuscripts, dated from the 11th century, were most probably written in Carinthia and compiled in the local Alpine Slavic dialect.
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, and Croatia to the south and southeast; its
Carantanians
…called Carantanians"), living in the principality of Carantania, later known as Carinthia, which covered present-day southern Austria and parts of Slovenia. They are considered ancestors of modern Slovenes, particularly Carinthian Slovenes. In the High Middle Ages, the term Carantanians and Carinthians…
A pierced cave bear bone, possibly a flute made by Neanderthals dating to the Late Pleistocene.
The Ljubljana Marshes Wheel, dating to the Neolithic period, is the oldest wooden wheel yet discovered.
A depiction of an ancient democratic ritual of Slovene-speaking tribes, which took place on the Prince's Stone in Slovene until 1414.
The Ottoman army battling the Habsburgs during the Great Turkish War in the area that would later become Slovenia.