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	Orava
		The capital of the county was the Orava Castle, then Veličná and since late 17th century Dolný Kubín.
		(2) Orava is also the name of a castle situated on a high rock (520m), which was constructed in the 13th century, considered to be one of the most interesting castles in Slovakia.
		The first fl-and-white famous film (1922) about Dracula (until recently thought to be made in Romania) shows this castle and its surroundings as the castle of Nosferatu.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/o/or/orava.html (257 words)

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		Bratislava Castle (ajgalík, Klepsatel, Zeisel, 1970) and Devín Castle (Kahan ajgalík, Mock, 1973) and Romanesque church in Hamuliakovo (Jesenák, Kuzma, Masarovièová, 1980).
		The absence of a block field in the SW part of the castle rock is due to the uplift of Paleogene claystones along the fault line 220/80 which inhibited total desintegration of the block field, followed by rock falls, toppling and tilting of huge blocks of travertines.
		The slow destruction of the Spi Castle was effected by several factors: predominantly by the weathering of the walls and the under- lying rock, earthquake, dynamic effects of blasting in a near travertine quarry and mainly rheologic creep movements of travertine blocks.
	www.fns.uniba.sk /prifuk/casopisy/geol/199954/vlcko.txt (10441 words)

	Orava Definition / Orava Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Orava is Banikov which is 2178 meters high, the lowest point is the vale of River Orava.
		Orava is a partner in King and Spalding's International Trade Practice Group and is based in the London and Washington offices.
		Orava is the largest Slovak producer of TV sets with its own development basis.
	www.elresearch.com /Orava (234 words)

	Orava Castle
		Orava Castle with the whole territory of Orava region was alternately in possession of the king and of rich sovereigns.
		In 1800, the castle was afflicted by the worst disaster, the fire that destroyed it, and the castle remained deserted.
		In 1951, Orava Castle including the museum collections it housed went from the hands of State Forests to the State Cultural Propriety and preparations for extensive reconstructions were started.
	www.slovakheritage.org /Castles/orava.htm (1721 words)

	Castle Tours, Central Slovakia Castle Tours and vacation
		It is now the host of the Orava Museum, one of the oldest Slovak museums, acquainting the visitors with style furniture, sculptures, paintings, dresses, weapons and trophies as well as with the history of Orava region and the castle itself, accompanying with an archeologic exposition.
		The picturesque ruins of a Gothic castle on a towering rock on the left bank of the Vah river proved to be the most secure fortress in the region of upper Povazie, It is deemed to be build by Matús Cak in the 14th century.
		The tower of the castle was initially an observatory from a custom and toll house from the 13th century.
	www.onlytours.com /destinations/europe/slovakia/centeral.htm (1229 words)

	Stara Lubovna castle
		Castle Stará Ľubovňa together with castles Plaveč and Nedeca on the eastern side and Orava castle on the western side of the High Tatra mountains belongs to a complex of fortresses, that once protected the borders of former Hungary with Poland.
		Though the castle remained Hungarian possession, it was actually ruled by the Polish King through the captains-mayors who belonged to the high Polish aristocracy, who not only maintained it, but also forced the adjacent towns and villages to pay the taxes and tenths from the castle's feuds.
		The museum focuses on the documentation of the history of the castle and its surroundings during the era of the Polish rule and documentation of folk crafts, folk costumes and folk art.
	www.slovakheritage.org /Castles/stara_lubovna.htm (979 words)

	Lubovna and Plavec castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lubovna castle (picture 6), together with Plavec (picture 7) and Nedeca castles on the eastern sides, and Orava castle on the western side of the High Tatras, made up a complex of fortresses defending the north of Slovakia.
		During the course of the 15th and 16th century, the castle was repeatedly damaged by fire and subsequently restored, particularly in 1432, 1451 and 1553.
		In 1596 the castle passed into the ownership of the princely Lubomirski family who gradually adjusted the buildings on the terrace of the second courtyard, repaired older castle buildings, erected a chapel (1647) and built third courtyard with a large cannon bastion and entrance gate with a drawbridge (1664).
	www.gpdt.sk /projekt1/lubov_plavec.htm (468 words)

	Battling the Turks: southern Slovakia castle ruin tour (Spectacular Slovakia travel guide)
		In the city centre are the crumbling remains of the town castle, which was first built in the 13th century to defend the rich mining towns to the north.
		To the north-east of Čabraď is Divín Castle, built in the 13th century by the local lords of Lučenec.
		Across the country, some 60 castles, chateaux and monasteries have been put up for sale by their owners (mainly municipalities or individuals who acquired the property after communist-seized land was returned to the original owners).
	www.spectacularslovakia.sk /ss2002/ruins_tour.html (1440 words)

	Slovakia - Orava (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The town of Dolný Kubín is a centre of Orava region.
		Orava Castle has been continuously rebuilt from the 13th century to the present.
		It was saved, however, because of immediate repairs made to the roofs of the lower castle, and repairs to the middle and lower castle in the mid 19th century.
	www.relaxdk.host.sk /english/information/orava_e.html (355 words)

	Remembrences
		Orava castle in Oravsky Podzamok from 1297 is unseparatable part of Orava region.
		Current form of the castle was made during 13th to 18th century by building defencive, tenements and thrifty buildings.
		Orava's monarchy obtained a permission to build ironworks in the village from Substituate Minig Court House in 1819.
	www.habovka.sk /pamiatky/remembrance.html (348 words)

	Dr. Stefan - Kysuce and Orava
		The Orava region was formed on the territory of Zvolenské domínium in the 14-th century.
		An inseparable part of Orava is Malofatransky National Park which interferes here with the most attractive part - the part of Kriváň and the second highest mountain in Slovakia - the West Tatras.
		In 1633 it was given town privileges and in 1686 it became the centre of the Orava's region.
	www.drstefan.sk /package/regions/regions4.htm (1006 words)

	Dolny Kubin: Orava Castle
		Orava Castle is one of the most well known in Slovakia, with people coming from all parts of the world to admire both its historical and aesthetic values.
		The original dungeons of the castle are also open to the public and house an exposition about medieval justice.
		A guided tour of the castle in English is well worth the admission fee, and includes amongst other things a demonstration of medieval hawkers and a sword fight between knights over their fair lady.
	www.dolnykubin.com /history_museums7.htm (156 words)

	Vlado's Virtual Photo Gallery - Christmas at Orava Castle
		In the 13th and 14th centuries the upper castle existed on the top of the rock, while the central castle was actually a fortified foot part of the castle.
		In the Castle itself Oravske muzeum (the Orava Museum) was established with a numerous series of expositions.
		Natural history is represented in the bottom floors of the central castle with samples of fauna and flora of the Rohace mountains, the Orava Dam and the Oravska kotlina basin.
	www.angelfire.com /home/vj/orava/Castle.htm (1050 words)

	Orava (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary: Orava (county)
		In the Finnish language, the word "orava" means "squirrel".
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orava (89 words)

	Orava (Spectacular Slovakia travel guide)
		After arriving in the village of Oravsky Podzamok and discovering that the castle is closed every year from November to April, I approached an attractive, 30-year old blonde woman.
		Coiling into a cragged ridge above the Orava river, the expansive stone structure rises gloriously from the landscape as if it were a naturally occurring feature, as if someone had planted a monarchy and watched it grow.
		Afterwards, at the nearby koliba (a small country restaurant), I sat down to a capital bowl of cabbage soup and a plate of bryndzove halusky (Oravians are said to excel at improvising with cabbage and potatoes because several famines in the 1800s made it clear the land would only support those two crops).
	www.spectacularslovakia.sk /ss2002/orava_ascii.html (722 words)

	Boarding house Kuria ** (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Today the castle represents large complex of buildings, which date is from various epoch - from the 13th to the 17th century.
		In the beginning the castle was a fortress, which was to guard the frontier and it was also a seat of district administrator.
		This model of orava village lies on the area of 20 hectares and it offers 65 objects.
	www.penzionkuria.sk /en/invitation.htm (270 words)

	The History of the John Shroba and Zuzanna Stech Family page 1
		The county of Orava, Slovakia encompasses the drainage area of the Orava River.
		Orava Castle lies on the river in the village of Oravsky Podzamok (Orava below-the-castle).
		Villages throughout Orava owed allegiance to the nobles in Orava Castle.
	www.mikulich.com /shroba_stech.htm (1250 words)

	Orava (reservoir) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Orava (reservoir) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Orava is the name of a water reservoir in northernmost Slovakia, which is the largest lake in Slovakia (35,2 km²).
		It has been constructed between 1941 and 1953 as a dam built on the former 2 sources of the Orava river.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/O/Or/Orava_(reservoir).htm (59 words)

	Slovakia - Heart of Europe: History of Orava Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Orava Castle is first mentioned in the year 1267, when the owners at that time, the Balasa family of Zvolen, gave it to King Belo IV as a present.
		In 1298, the castle became the property of the infamous Slovak landowner, Matus Cak.
		At the end of the 19th Century, the castle underwent a further major reconstruction, where the Middle Castle was restored in the Gothic style.
	www.heartofeurope.co.uk /trav_castles_oravaa.htm (227 words)

	TouristChannel.com - Slovakia and Tourism
		The village Sedliacka Dubová lies in the north of the Žilina region near by the Orava Castle.
		It is placed in a beautiful "corner" of Slovakia, which is Orava, in a little valley on the main road line Žilina-Dolný Kubín-Trstená-Krakov.
		The village is attached to the mains, to the Orava group water supply and the gas is conveyed here.
	www.tourist-channel.sk /sedliacka-dubova/indexen.html (522 words)

	Stará Ľubovňa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After the castle of Ľubovňa was built, the small village was transformed into a "castle village", which enhanced its status.
		The open air museum was opened in 1985 under Ľubovňa Castle, a site where a settlement existed in 18th century.
		Castle Stará Ľubovňa together with castles Plaveč and Niedzica on the eastern side and Orava castle on the western side of the High Tatra mountains belongs to a complex of fortresses, that once protected the borders of former Hungary with Poland.
	www.saske.sk /UEF/OSF/DIS/exkurzia/klastor/lubovna/lubovna.html (394 words)

	Podbiel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		According to it, the herdsmen were free of any taxes, and free of work for Orava castle; they could present their requests and complaints directly to the king; they were able to freely sell off their products at market, and freely purchase commodities brought home.
		Matej's document states just these obligations for the Orava herdsmen: From each 100 sheep to deliver 5 for the needs of the castle; and instead of taxes and labor for the castle, they were to guard the roads against those who threatened the safety of travel.
		According to this contract, the Orava joint owners, as former landlords, cancelled all their connections with the use of the woods and gave them as property of the community with the condition that the village supply wood.
	www.felix-game.ca /html_files/podbiel.html (3947 words)

	SLOVAKIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After short visit of Devin Castle, the monument of the first state of Czech and Slovaks - the Great Moravian Empire, transfer to the small town of Modra and Pezinok(about 25 km from Bratislava).
		Visit of Orava Castle, which with its setting/112 m above the river Orava on the increadible steep rock/ is another wonderful spot in Slovakia.
		In the afternoon visit of Spissky Castle - the largest in Slovakia and one of the largest in Central Europe is also on the UNESCO List of Cultural Heritage.
	www.atypus.cz /slovak.htm (465 words)

	Výlety do okolia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the past Orava nobility had tried to build the settlement of Bystrá since 1603 here, but they did not succeed because of hard living conditions and a lot of local settlers’ rebellions.
		Orava Castle - 39 km: Construction of the castle began probably on a place where an old wooden castle used to be after invasion by Tatars in 1241.
		Orava Village Museum - 2 km: On the left side along the main road from the village of Zuberec to Roháče Mountains and in the beautiful nature surroundings of Brestová there is a unique folk architecture museum in nature called Orava Village Museum.
	primula.host.sk /eng/Vylety_do_okolia/uvod.htm (2589 words)

	krasy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		ORAVA – region, which is offering extensity of possibillities for winter and summer tourism.
		The oldest art-historical monument of Orava is Orava Castle.
		It was important administrative centre of Orava district and Palatine`s residence from year 1370.
	www.oravatour.sk /krasyeng.htm (595 words)

	wiki/Orava (castle) Definition / wiki/Orava (castle) Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Orava is the name of a castleThe Castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure.
		However a number of large château-like mansions are also called castles....
		The first fl-and-white famous film (1922) about Dracula (until recently thought to be made in RomaniaRomania (formerly spelled Rumania or Roumania) is a country in southeastern Europe.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Orava_(castle) (243 words)

	The Slovak Spectator - Slovakia's English Language Newspaper
		Orava castle, proud protector of Oravský Podzámok and the surrounding Orava region, has stood majestically atop an almost inaccessible rock for over seven centuries.
		A museum today, the castle is home to a host of treasures, among the most valuable of which are original Thurzo family clothes.
		One claims that a daughter of the castle owner fell in love with a laborer and, because their love couldn't be fulfilled, she jumped out the window into the well.
	www.slovakspectator.sk /clanok-8638.html (1102 words)

	TouristChannel.com - Slovakia and Tourism
		The town Dolný Kubín is a centre of Orava region, the northest region of Slovakia (486 m).
		Since 1683 the town was the seat of the Orava county.
		And admired object of the contemporary Dolný Kubín is the wooden column bridge over the river Orava.
	www.tourist-channel.sk /dolny-kubin/indexen.html (214 words)

	Movies Shot in Slovakia - Slovak Film Locations
		Cerveny Kamen is a Renaissance castle located about 45 km northwest of Bratislava in the small Carpathians, a strip of limestone hills known for their excellent wine-growing properties.
		Currently, the castle is open to the public and houses a museum that exhibits a medieval torture chamber and 17th Century apothecary.
		Chalk white ruins on a bleak hill, the castle was built on an extremely strategic spot that has been inhabited since the Stone Age.
	www.slovensko.com /investor/film.htm (1360 words)

	The Slovak Spectator - Slovakia's English Language Newspaper
		Many of these are universal in nature - such as the oddly familiar tale of a ghost (strašidlo) haunting the corridors or a princess (princezná) locked in a tower away from her true love.
		For example at Orava Castle there are demonstrations of sword-play (šermovanie), ancient arms (historické zbrane), music (hudba), falconry (sokoliarstvo), and drama (divadlo).
		For some reason it is believed that you cannot enjoy the atmosphere of a castle until you can name every single noble (šľachtic) who has ever spent the night there, and recite their vital statistics.
	www.slovakspectator.sk /clanok-13591.html (910 words)

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