Great Moravia

medieval Slavic literary language, without ISO codes, preceding Church Slavonic (Q33251, cu, chu)

Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in southwestern Slovakia, situated at the foot of the Zobor Mountain in the Nitra River Valley about northeast of the country's capital, Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth-largest city in Slovakia. Nitra stands on varied terrain, which features both rolling hills and vast plains, particularly to the south. Nitra is one of the oldest cities in Slovakia. It was the center of the Principality of Nitra, a duchy of great historic significance. Today, the city serves as the administrative center of Nitra Region (kr

oldest known Slavic alphabet

9th-century Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries

9th-century Slavic state

castle in Europe

town in Slovakia

thumb|Moravia within the European Union Moravians ( or colloquially , outdated ) are a Czech ethnographic group from the Moravia region of the Czech Republic, who speak the Moravian dialects of Czech or Common Czech or a mixed form of both. They are not a separate ethnicity instead, a subgroup of the ethnic Czech people, as is recognized by most Moravians but a part of the group's population 'ethnically' identifies as 'Moravian', registered in Czech censuses since 1991. The figure has fluctuated and in the 2011 census, 6.01% of the Czech population declared Moravian as their 'ethnicity'. Small

castle ruins in Bratislava, suburb Devín, Slovakia

historical country

ruler of Moravia

Grand Duke of Moravia

former country

Mikulčice () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.

thumb|Reconstruction of Bojná hillfort Bojná () is a municipality in the Topoľčany District of the Nitra Region, Slovakia. The village has a population of 2013 people. The main landmark is the Catholic Church of All Saints built in 1787. Opposite the church stands (since World War II defunct) synagogue, later turned community center then car repair and nowadays a bar. The village stretches about 4 km along river Bojnianka which continues through villages of Veľké Dvorany, Urmince and Chrabrany before emptying into the Nitra river, itself a tributary of the Danube.

Kopčany ( or ; ) is a municipality and village in the Trnava Region of Slovakia. It lies near the border with the Czech Republic.

Duke of Great Moravia

thumb|One view about the borders of the Principality of Nitra around 833

Ducové () is a municipality (village) situated in western Slovakia, near the spa town of Piešťany. It was part of the municipality Moravany nad Váhom from 1976 to 1992. The village lies under the Váh Inovec. According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 375 inhabitants. 365 of inhabitants were Slovaks and 10 others and unspecified.

Pobedim () is a village and municipality in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia. A Slavic hill fort from the pre-Great Moravian period has been uncovered in the locality Hradištia. The hill fort belongs to Early Medieval sites with the highest number of artifacts found in Slovakia.

municipality of Slovakia

Duke of Great Moravia

bishop of Moravia

Roman Catholic church from the period of Great Moravia and a national cultural monument near the village of Kopčany, Skalica district, Slovakia

noble family

prince of NItra

duke of Moravia

Panonian Slavic people

thumb|Modern sketch depicting a scene from the legend of Svatopluk's twigs showing the king and his three sons Predslav (Latin: Predeslaus, born around 850) is an almost unknown son of Svatopluk, the most important ruler of Moravia (870–894).

medieval Slavic ruler, prince of the Slavic tribal confederation of the White Croats; he fell in 896 during an attack by Hungarian tribes near present-day Uzhhorod

spread of Christianity in medieval Moravia

Slavic tribe of the 6th to 9th centuries