The project “Icons of Identity” aimed to explore and compare national icons of the people from Slovakia, Spain, France, Austria, Greece, Turkey and Estonia. Under the words “national icons” we mean persons, sights, landmarks, pieces of national art, music and literature which are highly valued by these nations and accepted as icons of their identity. During the project each partner found 20 – 24 icons from 8-9 different areas of culture (government, history, landmarks, music, art, sports, food, sights, sciences). The teachers and students searched for information (pictures, photos, stories etc) to explain to their partners and themselves why these people, places or artefacts have become national icons, what the meaning of these images is. There were 5 project meetings in 2 years: in Namestovo, Paris, Athens, Ankara and Tartu where the icons were presented. As a result of the project work a website (which includes presentations on national icons) and a music CD-ROM was created as well as a photo-galleries at partner schools, a poster-calendar , a table-board game, a video film and the timeline of the icons. Thus thanks to the project all partners developed a cultural dialogue which helped us to understand each other better and hold higher esteem of our own national culture and the culture of other peoples in Europe.