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Attraction highlighting: tourist path - "Rudohorská magistrála"
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The village Ľubietová is place about 20 km eastward from
Banská Bystrica. The peak of a local rock massif – Hrb is considered to
be the geographical center of Slovakia. The village's population is 997
inhabitants.
The king Ľudovít Veľký has given the privilege of a free
royal town to the village in the year 1379. This assigned the village into the
association of seven royal mining towns. In spite of that the time of its
expansion, when gold, silver, copper and then iron was mined is long gone the
town is gradually progressing even today. The cause of this is mainly its
advantageous location near to the district town in the mountains.
Various monuments capture the visitors' attention. For instance, it is the
house of Maria Terezia, in which this monarch spent a night on her way
through this region before her coronation. The building of the local “City
Hall” has been built on the foundation of a previous building from the
14th century. Though it has been repeatedly
reconstructed.
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Seat of municipal office
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Places of Interest
Typical ceramics products from Ľubietová are
decorated vases.
Production of ceramics has a strong tradition. “Debnársky tanec” –
is a unique folklore dance, which survives thanks to the local folklore
dance group Debnári.
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Horse manage
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“Rudohorská magistrála” is an attractive marked path crossing the village
cadastre through ridges of Vepor and Hrb mounts. There is a cycling route
going across Poľana to near spa Brusno and again back to Detva. A bicycle
rental is in the village for people who do not keep their bicycles with them.
Another possibility is visiting a local horse riding school before seeing
the country from the perspective of a horse back. The training includes
hypnotherapy. Visitors can see the traditional sheep breeding in sheepfolds and
sheep cheese and smoke sheep cheese. A mineral named Libethenit – it has
taken the German name of the village Ľubietová – can be found by lucky
visitors who happen to wander to the locality of former mines.
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