France Prešeren
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France Prešeren was a Slovene poet whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Slovene literature. His poems have been translated into many languages.
Prešeren, 1850 oil portrait
Prešeren's birthplace in Vrba
Prešeren's home in Kranj
Prešeren's muse, Julija Primic, in a portrait by Matevž Langus
Carniola
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Carniola is a historical region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia. Slovenes living within the former borders of the region still tend to identify with its traditional parts Upper Carniola,
France Prešeren
…suffering humanity, as well as his unfulfilled love towards his muse, Julija Primic. He wrote poetry primarily in Slovene, but also in German. He lived in Carniola and at first regarded himself a Carniolan, but gradually adopted a broader Slovene identity. France Prešeren was born in the Upper Carniolan village…
The Carniolan Provincial Assembly Building in Ljubljana, also the seat of the Regional Committee and the Governor of the Duchy of Carniola, today the seat of the University of Ljubljana
The Mark Krain (March of Carniola) was in the southeast of the 10th-century Holy Roman Empire. Its namesake and capital was Krainburg (now Kranj).
The Carniolan Parliament building. In 1919 it became the main building of the University of Ljubljana.
Tabula Ducatus Carnioliae, Vindorum Marchiae et Histriae