Prince's Stone

Prince's Stone

The Prince's Stone ( _de. Fürstenstein, _sl. Knežji kamen) is the base of an ancient Roman ionic column that played an important role in the ceremonies surrounding the installation of the princes of Carantania and later, together with the Duke's chair, of the dukes of Carinthia. These were held in the Slovene language on the Zollfeld Plain.

The stone probably originates from the nearby Roman city of Virunum, whereas the coat of arms of the Duchy of Carinthia at its top surfaceFact|date=July 2008 was engraved during the Middle Ages. Till 1862, when it was transferred to the Carinthian Provincial Museum, it stood northwest of the Carolingian palatinate of Karnburg (Slovene: _sl. "Krnski grad"), a village 5 km north of Klagenfurt, Austria.

In 2005, the decision of the Slovenian government to depict the Prince's Stone on the national side of the Slovenian 2 cent coin caused some consternation in Austria. Since then, the stone was at first displayed in the Office of the Government of Carinthia, but was transferred again in 2006 to the Heraldic Hall in the Klagenfurt Landhaus.

ee also

*Duke's Chair
*National symbols of Slovenia
*Stones of Mora, where Swedish kings were installed.
*Lia Fáil, where Irish high kings were installed.
*Stone of Scone, where Scottish, English and British kings are installed.


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