
	Where results make sense

Topic: Levoca

Related Topics

List of famous Slovaks

	Levoca.info - Levoca Slovakia, Levoca hotels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		This former free royal town lies at the southern heel of the Levoca Peaks in the centre of one of the oldest and most distinctive regions of Slovakia - Spis.
		The affluence and standing that Levoca once enjoyed are reflected in the impressive church buildings with their opulent interiors, and the sumptuous residences clustered around the arcaded square.
		The historic core of Levoca, encircled by its surviving fortification, is an urban heritage reserve.
	www.levoca.info (281 words)

	TouristChannel.com - Slovakia and Tourism
		Levoca is situated in the north-western part of Eastern Slovakia, in the Spis region, and on the southern foot of Levocske mountains.
		This significant square is one of the biggest of this sort in Europe and together with conserved renaissance houses, it gives you a typical picture of the town in the Middle ages.
		Levoca, together with other towns situated in Spis and Gemer region, is an important part of tourist trail called “The Gothic Path” which is 267 kilometres long.
	www.tourist-channel.sk /levoca/indexen.html (639 words)

	Levoca (Spectacular Slovakia travel guide)
		Levoca is often referred to in books as the ‘jewel of the Spis crown’.
		Levoca’s main exports were copper, iron, wax, leather, furs, corn, dried plums and wine.
		Levoca, just seven kilometres north, faded into near oblivion.
	www.spectacularslovakia.sk /ss2002/levoca_ascii.html (775 words)

	City of Levoca: history,personalities
		Under the hill called Old Levoca during the archaeologists excavated were found the foundations of a Romanesque church, the size of which was quite respectable: it is 23.5m long, the width of the nave is 12m and the apse is over 8m.
		The oldest document, where Levoca is mentioned for the first time, was issued by Hungarian king Belo IV in 1249 after a Saxon immigration wave, the Levoca town became the administrative capital of the region Spis.
		For all the 17th and the beginning of 18th the century the fortunes of Levoca was reversed as a result of one failed antiHasburg uprising, to the wars and the plague.
	www.slovakiatravels.com /sections/Regionscities/Levoca/Levoca_history-en.php (326 words)

	Tollassy Family - pafg10.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Alica SOBINOVSKY was born on 4 Oct 1995 in Levoca, Spis, Slovakia.
		Livia SOBINOVSKY was born on 30 Jul 2000 in Levoca, Spis, Slovakia.
		Veronika SUMANSKY was born on 29 Mar 1999 in Levoca, Spis, Slovakia.
	www.geocities.com /jagerski/pafg10.htm (471 words)

	St. Jacob’s Church in the town of Levoča
		Nicolas Church is from the period between the end of the 11th century and the beginning of the 12th century, and was architecturally enlarged in the middle of the 13th century, and again in the 14th century, and possibly again in the 15th century.
		It was consecrated as St. George Chapel in 1414.Town of Levoca experienced the biggest growth in the second half of the 15th century.
		Master Pavol from Levoca, the outstanding wood-carver, who is the author of numerous art creations in the town and the surrounding area, arrives in that period.
	www.chramsvjakuba.sk /en.html (15611 words)

	Journey to Slovakia, History of Torysky
		Surrounding landlords accused Levoca that it established Torysky against the law and that it violantly took parts of the territory of the villages Vysne and Nizne Repase and the forest, too, which was said to be used commonly.
		Levoca had on Torysky aristocratic laws and the inhabitants of Torysky had to Levoca as to landlord pay taxes for alloted lands, pay in kind different charges, and to work for Levoca.
		Torysky (among villages that were in submission to Levoca) was one of the largest and most populated.
	www.leslie-turek.com /ToryskyHistory.html (1192 words)

	[No title]
		Levoca was the cultural center of reformation in Slovakia.
		The decline of the town was triggered by the anti-Hapsburg uprising of the 17th century.
		In the 1840´s Levoca was the center of the Slovak national movement of the stur generation.
	travel.box.sk /newsread_print.php?newsid=26 (2509 words)

	Day Six (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Levoca is the home of Master Paul who carved wooden altars.
		Levoca has a famous “Cage of Shame” in the town square near the town hall.
		The White Lady Of Levoca – a woman who betrayed the city by opening the gate to a secret passage and admitting enemy troops (one of whom was her lover).
	www.stoffa.org /day_six.htm (508 words)

	Levoca - Destination Guide - Hotel Near (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		To the north is the square's least distinguished but most important building, the municipal weigh-house; a law of 1321 obliged every merchant passing through the region to hole up at Levoca for fourteen days, pay various taxes and allow the locals first refusal on their goods.
		Of the three freestanding buildings on the main square paid for with these riches, it's the Catholic church of sv Jakub that has the most valuable booty; the church is only opened for tour parties at a charge of 40Sk, though you can usually tag onto whatever group is struggling to get in or out.
		Every nook and cranny is crammed with religious art, the star attraction being the magnificent sixteenth-century wooden altarpiece by Master Pavol of Levoca, which, at 18.6m, is reputedly the tallest of its kind in the world.
	www.hotelnear.com /3639/3644/Slovakia-Levoca.html (507 words)

	Vislocky Travel/Litmanova
		Levoca, with a number of its historical monuments, is one of the most important towns in Slovakia.
		This former free royal town lies at the southern heel of the Levoca Peaks in the region of Slovakia called Spis.
		Belianska Cave (entrance at 885 m above the sea) is the only cave open to public in the High Tatras..It is situated in the eastern part of the Belianske Tatras over the Tatranska Kotlina, in the National Nature Reserve Belianske Tatras, in the territory of the Tatra National Park.
	vislocky.net /Litmanova.html (711 words)

	City of Levoca: what to see,informations,historical monuments,churches
		The tower originates them of the church was various times destroyed from fires and therefore in the 18th century the inhabitants of Levoca constructed one new tower.
		The Town Hall of Levoca dates back to the 15th century.
		A famous painter from Levoca, Jozef Czauczik, made the large altar picture of Christ walking on the sea.
	www.slovakiatravels.com /sections/Regionscities/Levoca/Levoca_whattosee-en.php (1038 words)

	Remeselnicky dom LEVOCA
		Levoca, a tresure house of historical monuments, located in one of the most beautiful slovak region – Spis, welcomes you to fill you days with relaxation and pleasure.
		Enjoying a central position in Levoca we offer accomodation with capacity of 10 beds yearlong, in restored old artisan’s house, unique in style (antique furnishing).
		Ground floor: living room with convertible sofa and TV-set, two double bedded rooms, fully equipped kitchenette, bath, W.C. Garett: 5 bedded apartment with fully equipped kitchenette, bath, W.C. Parking place is ahead of a house.
	remeselnickydom.webpark.sk /EN.html (138 words)

	[No title]
		Slovakia: EU Expansion To Dominate Weekend Summit By Joel Blocker and Genevieve Zalatorius Prague, Levoca; 23 January 1998 (RFE/RL) - This weekend's meeting of eleven European presidents, most of them from Central Europe, will likely be dominated by discussion of the European Union's (EU) planned expansion to the Central and Eastern parts of the continent.
		The official theme of the Levoca meeting is "Civil Society - the Hope for a United Europe." The term "civil society" is generally employed to describe the goal of democratic institutions and organizations that seek to bring the state and the individual closer together.
		The EU's decision n-o-t to include Slovakia in the first group of Eastern candidates was based on its Executive Commission's finding that the country's democratic and human-rights record was not good enough for the Union to envisage membership for Slovakia in the immediate future.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/98-01/jan23a.rfe (645 words)

	main_rsi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Till this very day she is walking in the rooms of the town-hall and putting the shivers up frightened visitors.
		It is not only the ancient town of Levoca that offers up its buildings for a white lady to roam in.
		The legend is telling a story of Julia Korponayova, a real historical character who let the kings' soldiersin the town of Levoca during the Frantisek Rakoczy's uprising of the Hungarian nobility.
	www.slovakradio.sk /rsi/ang/legendes/txt/1705_white_lady.html (886 words)

	[No title]
		We were approached by the non-governmental organization People and Water to collect old stories from the Levocske Vrchy (highlands north of the town of Levoca) region in Slovakia where there is a minority of Ruthenians.
		The upswing in the Levoca tourism industry is plainly seen in the number of hotels which increases by the year.
		The time was during the communistic government of Czechoslovakia, and within the Levoca highlands there emerged the largest military zone in the country, and this is where the Czechoslovak and Russian forces had their training grounds for battle.
	travel.box.sk /newsread_print.php?newsid=3019 (2223 words)

	Marian Pilgrimage Levoca, Slovaia \| cgpix.com: editorial + travel + stock photography
		The Marian pilgrimage in Levoca marks the beginning of festivals that take place during the summer months throughout villages in Slovakia.
		As the beginning of July approaches, as many as 250,000 Catholics travel to this town to attend the biggest of Slovakia's Marian pilgrimages.
		Hourly Masses are given in the church, with the grand finale of High Mass at 10am Sunday morning.
	www.cgpix.com /stock__photography__marian_pilgrimage.htm (111 words)

	Levoča
		The current Slovak national anthem was officially heard here for the first time.
		Levoca, with a number of its historical monuments, is one of the most important towns in Slovakia historically.
		In the historical center, you will find more than 50 gothic, renaissance and early-baroque houses of nobles with arcade interior courtyards.
	www.slovenskyraj.sk /vylety/levoca/en.html (620 words)

	Slovakia Document Store
		Original works is possible to see in Levoca and other cities of Spis region of Slovakia.
		He was invited here around 1500 by the Thurzo family to lead the local-wood carving and painting workshop, whereupon he developed his exceptional talents under the tuition of masters of Nuremberg and Krakow.
		The exceptional work of Master Pavol is the outstanding wood-carving ornamentation of the Late-Gothic main altar of Levoca's St. Jacub church.
	www.panorama.sk /go/clanky/160.asp?lang=en&sv=1 (335 words)

	Region / Country > Africa > Middle Africa > Democratic Republic of the Congo [ anonymous ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Levoca Protocol - Integrated management of watersheds is a key to sustainable use of water resources
		Access here the full text of the Levoca Protocol formulated in the 'Water for global cooling' conference in Levoca, Slovakia, 19th to 22nd of August, 2003.
		This declaration by the conference participants highlights the importance or protection of water resources, providing sufficient freshwater for all and the mitigation of floods and droughts through integrated basin managment practises.
	www.freshwaterlife.info /id/10630 (201 words)

	Slovak attractions - east Slovakia
		Since its foundation the Museum pursues three basic areas-history, art history and ethnography of the Spi region in general, and of the town Levoèa in particular.
		Initially, it had its headquarters in a Gothic house - the socalled Stallung in Masiarska Str.; in 1955 it acquired the building of the Levoca Town Hall in which it then installed a historical exhibition.
		The building of the Town Hall was built towards the end of the 16th century and constitutes one of the dominants of the Levoca.
	www.czechslovak.com /slovakattractions/index.php?pageID=24 (295 words)

	Our Travels in Slovakia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Levoca was a quaint looking little town, but we made the mistake of arriving there on a Sunday morning.
		Levoca made it on Lonely Planet Eastern Europe's suggested itinerary stops for Slovakia, but apparently in fall, no one but us was taking note of that recommendation.
		As soon as we arrived in Kosice, we knew that leaving Levoca for here was the right decision.
	www.hubcat.org /sunmoon/slovakia.htm (669 words)

	www.fullpassport.com - Diary pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		This scene of Levoca's town square is depicted on the Slovakian 100 Korun bill.
		Livin La Vida Levoca: 'open-minded' women (prostitutes or adulterers) were placed in the 'Cage of Shame' in the 16th century (Jill's in the picture by coincidence).
		In Levoca you find medieval walls, houses, and cars like this old Skoda van.
	www.fullpassport.com /Trip2002/Diary/aug-01.html (284 words)

	Cheap hotels in Levoca, discount lodgings and room deals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Where you can find some of the best choices and some great discount deals for hotels in Levoca, Slovakia with some very attractive room rates on offer.
		We serve both business and holiday travellers in luxury to cheap, low budget hotels which are available in Levoca as well as other popular regions across Europe.
		Choose a hotel in Levoca from the list of accommodation below or search for availability.
	www.hotels-accommodation.co.uk /hp/slovakia/levoca.htm (172 words)

	Levoca, Slovakia - Moving West
		Leaving the city, the sign said something like "110km to Levoca" but the first half of the trip only took 1/2 an hour, on a freshly-paved 4-lane highway!
		Of course, the second half was on a smaller road, with frequent stops in little towns and villages.
		Levoca is a pretty little town dating back to the Middle Ages (another one?!) with old city walls and plenty of old buildings.
	www.travelpod.com /travel-blog-entries/gadelle/easterneurope04/1091655780/tpod.html (340 words)

	Link to Levoca vacations — cheap Levoca vacation rental
		You can create Link to Levoca vacations — cheap Levoca vacation rental directly.
		Levoca vacations — cheap Levoca vacation rental — Book cheap Levoca vacations.
		The location site (site where you put link to us) will be checked automatically and if successful, the link to your site will be placed here immediately.
	www.city-travel-guide.co.uk /links/cheap-vacations/levoca-cheap-vacations.html (328 words)

	Levoca, Kovice, Slovakia - White Pants Phenomenon
		Once we got to Levoca we headed to the tourist information place on ideas on where to stay - normally not a problem - only a problem when you are going uphill the whole way and then to be told that the best one is right back near the bus station that you left.
		This castle is was once known as the romantic castle as it is ruins of a white castle up on a hill very picturesque and secluded I would imagine?!?!
		Didn't spend that long in Levoca as we headed off to Kosice the next day.
	www.travelpod.com /travel-blog-entries/sands/est_europe_2004/1079292540/tpod.html (543 words)

	Slovakia 2004, Part 2
		Torysky is a 12-mile drive up into the hills north of Levoca, past a couple of very small villages.
		Our previous visits had all been in April, so it was wonderful to see how green it was in late May. We passed fields and forests, and spots with great views of Levoca to the south, and Spisskly Hrad, a striking white castle in the valley to the east (see photo above).
		In the background is another cousin Peter, the one who used to be the mayor of Levoca.
	www.leslie-turek.com /Slovakia04/04trip2.html (1614 words)

	Levoca - Localities - Slovakia - Europe - Regional (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Levoca - Localities - Slovakia - Europe - Regional
		Hotel Satel - Luxury hotel in historical center of medieval Levoca offers pampering accommodation, international cuisine in hotel restaurant and lot of natural and historical attractions around.
		Levoca - Official web site for the town, which includes tourist information and a brief history.
	www.netz-in-berlin.de /Regional/Europe/Slovakia/Localities/Levoca (201 words)

	Marian Mount Levoca
		Marian Mount was attracting people of Levoca and the inhabitants of the surrounding area from the beginning of the 14th century.
		The Chapel was rebuilt numerous times and enlarged in 1698, 1766 and 1819-1820.
		Levoca's priest ordered chapel for Greek Catholics in 1841 and soon after famous Levoča's painter Jozef Czauczik repainted the statute of Virgin Mary to today's likeness.
	www.slovakheritage.org /Churchescatholic/marianmount.htm (387 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)