Its origins are dated back in the middle of 7th century AD and it emerged from the Samo's Tribal Union. It existed for almost 300 years.
The Karantanian coat of arms, THE BLACK PANTHER, is at the same time the oldest Slovenian coat of arms and it originates in times of Roman province Norik on the land of east side of Alps. It is testified to be one of the oldest coats of arms in Europe.

The panther has been preserved on many stone monuments from that epoch ( 2nd century AD) and one of those can still befound built in above the main entrance of cathedral "Gospa Sveta" in today's Austrian Carinthia.
Not far away from the church mentioned, there used to be located THE PRINCE'S STONE, an ancient Roman column, where Karantanian dukes were installed. The prince's stone represents the symbol of Slovenian nationality and the beginning of political culture.

The ritual of installing existed in Karantania already before the Christianizing and it was preserved until 1414. The ceremony has always been carried out in Slovene language. In the middle of Gosposvetsko polje in today's Austrian Carinthia, is located THE DUKE'S CHAIR (6th -7th century AD) where every new Duke of Karantania had to swear an oath while sitting and there he also received the homage of the estates.

The Duke's chair with its two seats, eastern and western positioned, represents the dual authority and reflects the state juridical status of Karantania and its heir, the later Duchy of Carinthia.
There are many polemics going on about the coat of arms, the prince's stone and the duke's chair; the panther namely, retained as the coat of arms of Austria and not of Slovenia, and also the stone and chair fell to Austrian's share.

THE FREISING MANUSCRIPTS – BRIŽINSKI SPOMENIKI are the oldest document in Slovene language and the first Roman-script continous text in a Slavic language, consisting of three liturgic and homiletic texts on nine pages.

The first and the third manuscript are sermons on sin while the second serves as a repentance.
Brižinski spomeniki were created between 972 and 1093, most likely before 1000 and it is believed they were written in the Möll river valey, today's Austrian Carinthia. They were discovered in the Bavarian state library in Munich in 1807, where they came from German town called Freising, which they were given a name after.
This manuscripts were written in a writing called Carolingian minuscule, which was used in the centuries after Charlemagne.
They are still kept at the Bavarian State Library in Munich and they were for the first time exhibited at the National and University Library in Ljubljana from 17the of May to 20th of June 2004, which was together with entering
European union a unique event for Slovenia.

THE DRAGON OF LJUBLJANA is a part of the coat of arms of Ljubljana.

The dragon of Ljubljana originates from the legend of Jazon and the argonauts who travelled also through Slovenian land. Once they stopped at the spring of Ljubljanica, the river that flows through Ljubljana and as the legend says, they dismounted their ship and carried it on all the way to the Adrian sea, where they mounted the ship again and continue their trip.
Somewhere between towns Vrhnika and Ljubljana they found a big lake and moor all around. In the moor they confronted a big monster and killed it. That monster was said to be the dragon of Ljubljana.

Today we can find the dragon at the Dragon bridge in Ljubljana and on the top of tower on the Ljubljana's coat of arms.

THE SLOVENE NATIONAL FLAG features three equal horizontal bands of white, blue and red with the Slovenian coat of arms located in the upper hoist side of the flag centered in the white and blue bands.

White, blue and red are Pan-slavic colours, that appear in the majority of slavic flags.

THE SLOVENIAN COAT OF ARMS is a red borded blue shield with the image of white mount Triglav, Slovenian highestpeak in the middle.

Under Triglav there are two bending lines that represent the Adriatic sea and local rivers, and above Triglav there are three golden, six-pointed stars, arranged in an inverted triangle which are taken from the coat of arms of the counts of Celje, the great Slovenian dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th century.

LIME TREE has always been the centre of Slavic social life. Having roots in old Slovenian customs when lime tree had the meaning of centre of community, it still has a symbolic meaning in the modern times: from the independence day 1991 on every summer in August in the memory of old customs a traditional meeting of Slovenian politicians takes place next to the oldest Slovenian lime tree in the NE Slovenia, whose age is estimated to 500 years.