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Vlkolínec is a village under the administration of the town of 
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license. Houses No. 16 and 17 have been turned into a folk museum with all the instruments of daily life and work.
Image:Vlkolínec - socha.JPG, Wooden carved sculpture at the entrance to the village
Image:Vlkolínec, Slovakia 020.jpg, Typical interior of one of the houses
Image:Vlkolínec, Slovakia 018.jpg, House in Vlkolínec
Image:Vlkolinec house 47.jpg, House No. 47 in Vlkolínec
Image:Vlkolínec, Slovakia 016.jpg, Belfry in Vlkolínec
Image:Vlkolínec, Slovakia 015.jpg, Street in Vlkolínec
Image:Vlkolínec, Slovakia 019.jpg, Street in Vlkolínec
Image:Vlkolínec, Slovakia 002.jpg, House in Vlkolínec
File:Vlkolínec 2.jpg
Official website
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Ružomberok
Ružomberok (; german: Rosenberg; hu, Rózsahegy; pl, Rużomberk) is a town in northern Slovakia, in the historical Liptov region. It has a population of around 27,000 inhabitants (45,000 with nearby villages).
Etymology
The name of the initia ...
in Slovakia
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. Historically, however, it was a separate village. The first written mention of the village came from 1376 and after 1882 it became part of Ružomberok. Its name is probably derived from the Slovak word "vlk", i.e. wolf
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.
Vlkolínec has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage
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site since 1993, and is one of ten Slovak villages that have been given the status of a folk architecture reservations. This status was granted because the village is an untouched and complex example of folk countryside architecture of the region of the Northern Carpathians
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.
Vlkolínec, situated in the centre of Slovakia, is a remarkably intact settlement with the traditional features of a Central Europe
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an village. It is the region’s most complete group of these kinds of traditional log houses, often found in mountainous areas. The village consists of more than 45 log houses each of them made up of two or three rooms. A wooden belfry from the 18th century as well as the baroque chapel have also been preserved. Text was copied from this source, which is available under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO)
license. Houses No. 16 and 17 have been turned into a folk museum with all the instruments of daily life and work.
See also
* Other historical reservations of folk architecture in Slovakia ** Brhlovce **Čičmany
Čičmany is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. It contains a folk architecture reserve, which was founded in 1977.
Etymology
The name is derived from a Slovak word ''čičman'' (a lumber ...
** Osturňa
Osturňa is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia. The village is traditionally inhabited by Rusyns and Gorals, as one of their westernmost settlements (together with Malá Franková and Veľká ...
** Plavecký Peter
** Podbiel
Podbiel ( hu, Podbjel) is a village and municipality in Tvrdošín District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. It contains a beautiful set of traditional wooden cottages, which have been declared a folk architecture preservation area.
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** Sebechleby
** Špania Dolina
** Veľké Leváre
** Ždiar
* Other similar World Heritage Sites
** Hollókő
Hollókő () is a Palóc ethnographic village in Hungary and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its name means "Raven-stone" in Hungarian.
Location
The village is located in Nógrád county, approximately 91.1 kilometres northeast from Budapest, t ...
in Hungary
** Holašovice in Czech Republic
** Gammelstad Church Town
Gammelstad Church Town ( sv, Gammelstads kyrkstad) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in Gammelstaden near the city of Luleå, Sweden, at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is the best preserved example of a type of town that was ...
in Sweden
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References
External links
Official website
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