Upper Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The largest town in the region is Kranj, and other urban centers include Jesenice, Tržič, Škofja Loka, Kamnik, and Domžale. It has around 300,000 inhabitants or 14% of the population of Slovenia.
Upper Carniola near Spodnja Sorica
Upper Carniolan folk costumes
Female traditional costume with traditional head coverings: a peča (left) and zavijačka (right)
A typical rural shrine
Carniola is a historical region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia. Although as a whole it does not exist anymore, Slovenes living within the former borders of the region still tend to identify with its traditional parts Upper Carniola, Lower Carniola, and to a lesser degree with Inner Carniola. In 1991, 47% of the population of Slovenia lived within the borders of the former Duchy of Carniola.
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.
