Here until anyone wanting to reach vocal in age from the valley had to walk several kilometers cover the distance on horseback or by donkey. In its seclusion the village was able to develop and preserve its unique architectural character. Its not known when people first settled here but the earliest written record dates back to fourteen sixty one. For centuries has stood as a masterpiece of Slovak Wooden Architecture constructed in block four apart from the foundation the houses were erected without the use of a single brick. Lime washed in intense colors the facades are striking the original. They go hand in hand with magnificent colors of nature thus the village Buildings Act like a large mirror to the splendid mountain for. The
steadily declined. Many left their homeland to seek work in nearby ozone better org or far off bratislava today just thirty five villages live under the pointed covered roofs most of them are in their seventys or even older they lead a life steeped in traditions that have grown in vocal an inch of the hundreds of years. Along with the decorated round gable grooves in their houses with their crosses the whole mark of a college is the little. Bell tower in the middle of the village. Only
once has there been on rest here and that was when instead of the howling of the wolves the villages had the sound of gunfire echoing from the mountain peaks. During the Slovak National uprising in the Second Mile War Rival forces reach Kilcullen Edge and some of the houses were burned down later however most of them were rebuilt. The stream in the middle of the village is still the only source of water the houses dont have tap water. In summer thats not a problem but in winter the villages often have to melt the ice. In its own particular way the pace of rural life here remains good to the rhythm of nature the people live from what the fertile soil yields from the flocks of sheep in their
milk and the different varieties of cheese flavored with mountain halves. For. There are only a few places in Central Europe where nature can on a firm itself in such a virgin beauty a species of plant a found that can otherwise only flourish in protected areas and where the architecture in its dimensions and in the materials available has largely been adapted to natural. For centuries the people of all colors have built with what was close to hand. This is made them skilled woodworkers the tools and techniques used seem to have remained unchanged for hundreds of years five buildings are constructed from holes longs that are fitted together without joints. And nowhere apart from in this part of slovakia a ruse covered with narrow and extra long shingles slotted together and Tongue And GrooveFashion Experience has shown that the untreated timber keeps longer than a lifetime nevertheless the regional traditions of working with wood a still passed on from generation generation to. The rooms in the house is on just as tiny as the windows looking out from them as a rule the single storey buildings have three rooms from outside you step straight into the good. There are two rooms leading off this entrance area. And a bedroom. There is also an adjacent workroom. Used in winter for carving figures and making cheese so the inhabitants already have to leave the building. Homes in the village are crammed in spots lee finished wealth involved is to be found outside the doings in the rich and resplendent variety of nature. This beauty
has been shattered for centuries not only by the local inhabitants but also by visitors from All Over The World who come to enjoy the a delicate scenery between the high and the low atocha and its not some open a Museum Experience in full color but a thriving example of natural unity in which man and animals live in harmony with the landscape. Well call an edge and upland village that lies in the past at one time this region belongs solely to the wolves man moved in but with such respect that his houses with a gentle wooden architecture seem as if theyve only been borrowed from nature for
a while. Indeed in a few centuries time perhaps this wolfs place will once again be the sole preserve of the wild hunters and of sit all of the gandhian mountain in the background. A flight. To gunpowder by dino told me it has laid out millions of us. Euro max in sixty minutes on the w. Every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word published in the. Nico is in germany to learn german why not learn it simple online on your mobile and free stuff from d w z learning course nikos basic german made easy