Presentation Slovakia for Project Comenius "Let's reveal secrets of european gardens"

1. Slovakia

2. Slovakia
 The
Slovak Republic is an inland country
situated in the centre of Europe.
 Its territory is 49 035 km2 and it has 5.43
million inhabitants.
 Since 1 May 2004 Slovakia has been the
member of The European Union.
 Since 1 January 2009 it has been the 16th
member of the Eurozone with the official
currency Euro, which has replaced the Slovak
crown.

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4. Bratislava

5. Bratislava
 Bratislava,
the capital of Slovakia is the
most populous city and by its territory
the largest city in Slovakia.
 It has 465 300 inhabitants.
 The most important landmarks of
Bratislava are Bratislava Castle and St.
Martin’s cathedral.

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8. The High Tatras

9. The High Tatras
 The
High Tatras are the highest mountains in
Slovakia with the alpine character.
 Their territory is 260 km2. The highest
mountain is the peak Gerlach, which is
2 654 metres high.
 There are 35 valleys and 120 mountain lakes
in the High Tatras.
 Since 1948 the High Tatras have been a
national park called „TANAP“.
 In 1993 the High Tatras were declared the
biospheric nature reserve of Unesco.

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18. Šaštín - Stráže

19. Šaštín - Stráže
 More
then a half of the territory of Šaštín
– Stráže is formed by the plain in which
at Stráže juts out hilly country.
 The highest sea level is at Stráže which
reaches the heighest of 256 metres
above the sea level. In the southwestern part of Šaštín the large
continuous areas of non chalky sands
are found.

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 Šaštín
– Stráže is a polyfunctional town.
In the illustration we can see the
historical centre of Šaštín with its
incomplete quadrilateral square, the
church of St. John Bosco, the chapel
and parsonage.
 In 1998 Šaštín had a population of 4920
(2458 men and 2462 women).

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 As
far as the national composition of its
inhabitants was concerned, the
strongest nationality were the Slovaks
and the Czechs. We could also find
widely spread minorities of the
Hungarians, the Germans, the Hebrews
and the minority of Romany inhabitants
(7%).

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 The
population of our town are believers.
The predominant religion is the Roman
Catholic religion.
 The economically active inhabitants
work in industry, agriculture, forestry and
service.

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Welcome

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33. The Basilica Minor of Our
Lady of Sorrows

34. The Basilica Minor of Our Lady of
Sorrows
 The
history of Šaštín – Stráže has
always been connected with the national
sanctuary, The Basilica Minor of Our
Lady of Sorrrňows, the patron of
Slovakia.
 It dates from 1736.
 Basilica is famous for its statue of Our
Lady of Sorrows which was made in
1564.

35. The Basilica Minor of Our Lady of
Sorrows
 In
1732 Imrich Esterházy, the
archbishop permited to honour it. Jean
Joseph Chamant and Lukas Kraker are
the authors of beautiful paintings and
other decorations.
 Nowadays the Salesians take care for
basilica and its monastery.

36. The Basilica Minor of Our Lady of
Sorrows
 Šaštín
and its famous basilica are wellknown and attractive for both Slovak and
foreign tourists. Thousands of believers
go and visit our town especially during
Whitsunday, when we celebrate the holy
spirit coming down from heaven and on
15 September, when there is a great
celebration of Our Lady of Sorrows.

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Sorrows

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Sorrows

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Sorrows

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Sorrows

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Sorrows

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Sorrows

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Sorrows

46. Šaštín - Stráže
The climate of Šaštín – Stráže is warm, mildly humid
with cold winters.
 The average yearly temperature of the air is about
10 °C, in July it is usually about 20 °C. This summer
was very hot. Sometimes it was about 35 °C.
 The average yearly rainfall is below 60% and the
average number of days with stormy weather is 20.
 The longest river is the Myjava (6 km long at
Šaštín). The waters of the Myjava are taken away by
the river Morava to the Danube and the Black Sea.
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 The
whole territory of Šaštín – Stráže is
also rich in flora and fauna. In the
Zahorska Plain there is mostly woodland
– mixed and coniferous forests (e.g. the
pine). We can also find the oak, birch,
locust tree, ...
 In the forests we can meet a stag, roedeer hind, wild boar, hare, fox and other
kinds of minor beasts of pray.

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66. Our school

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