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Cyril and Methodius Heritage
Slovenia
Living Cultural Heritage
Slovenia marks the role of the Alpine-Adriatic region as a crossroads of cultures, through which the brothers traveled to Venice and Rome. The Freising Manuscripts, the oldest surviving Slavic text written in Latin script, originated in this area within the sphere of the mission’s influence. Slovenia is thus a place where Slavic identity meets the Latin tradition of Western Europe. The Cyrillo-Methodian trace serves as a symbol of cultural openness and connection with other Slavic nations.
Hrastovlje, municipality of Koper
The Church of the Holy Trinity with the Dance of the Dead frescoes by Johannes de Castua (John of Kastav) from 1490 has a pseudo-basilica three-nave design surrounded by a 16th century camp wall, which the village churches were fortified against the Turkish threat. The inside of the church is full of paint.63 On the north wall, the nave depicts the march and the homage of St. Three Kings.
Ljubljana – The National Museum of Slovenia
The National Museum of Slovenia was founded by the Carniolan State Parliament on the 15th October 1821, is the oldest of all Slovenian museum institutions. Its six departments collect, describe, preserve, and investigate the mobile cultural heritage of Slovenia for presenting it to the public.
Mojstrana village, Kranska gora
In the 11th century, the first church was built on this site as a small roman chapel, that got its present look in 1640. The legend says that the church was constructed on the spot wherein the year 868 the Saints Cyril and Methodius stayed overnight when they carried the relics of Pope Clement I to Rome. The romanesque chapel was turned into a baroque-style church.