Ljubljana is a city of lawyers - so it's no surprise that the earliest known mention of the town and the castle above it involves a certain Rudolphus Advocatus.

Click and let the kite take you back to the High Middle Ages, to the beginnings of Ljubljana castle and the triple town below it.

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https://kapjasa.si/en/a-castle-in-the-clouds-of-history/

A Castle in the Clouds (of History) - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia

This is from Nomina Defunctorum, the Book of the Dead Benefactors who donated property to the Chapter of Aquileia (now in the Diocesan Archive of Udine): Nomina defunctorum is a simple list of the dates on which this or that benefactor died (so their souls could be duly prayed for on the correct day), and ... Read more

KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia

Girls in native costume, Carniola, Austro-Hungary ca. 1900 Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002710721/

Girls in native costume, Carniola, Austro-Hungary between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002710720/

Wocheiner Lake, Carniola, Austro-Hungary between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002710719/

Veldes, general view, Carniola, Austro-Hungary between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002710718/

Veldes, general view, Carniola, Austro-Hungary between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002710717/

Maria Lake, Carniola, Austro-Hungary between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002710716/

Maria Lake, Carniola, Austro-Hungary between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002710715/

Triglav, Rothwein (i.e., Rotwein), and waterfall, Carniola, Austro-Hungary between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002710714/

Triglav, Rothweinklamm (i.e., Rotwein Klamm), Carniola, Austro-Hungary between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002710713/