Lipica is one of the main tourist centers of Slovenia's Karst region and it is known for the Lipica Stud Farm, the origin of which breed of horse closely associated with the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria, where they demonstrate the "haute école" or "high school" movements?
Lipizzan The Lipizzan or Lipizzaner (, Croatian: "Lipicanac" , Hungarian: "Lipicai" , Italian: "Lipizzano" , Slovene: "Lipicanec" ), is a breed of horse closely associated with the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria, where they demonstrate the "haute école" or "high school" movements of classical dressage, including the highly controlled, stylized jumps and other movements known as the "airs above the ground." The horses at the Spanish Riding School are trained using traditional methods that date back hundreds of years, based on the principles of classical dressage.
Horse culture A horse culture is a tribal group or community whose day-to-day life revolves around the herding and breeding of horses. Beginning with the domestication of the horse on the steppes of Eurasia, the horse transformed each society that adopted its use. Notable examples are the Mongols of Mongolia, the Scythian and Turkic nomads of Central Asia, and the Native Americans of the Great Plains after horses were imported from Europe, particularly from Spain, during the 16th century.