Bill RushinPO Top Contributor
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:20 pm
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No wonder I couldn't find it, it's in another country- Slovakia.
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JoelKosciak
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:26 am
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Really Slovakia? lol ... Same spelling? ... How close to all the other towns mentioned??
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Bill RushinPO Top Contributor
Joined: 14 Dec 2009
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:25 am
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It's on the other side of the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia. It's 78 miles SE from Krakow.
Mariánska-Hora (Marian Hill) above town Levoca is one of the oldest and best known pilgrimage sites in Slovakia. The pilgrimage that takes place annually on the first Sunday in July may be traced back to the times when the Friars Minor, spreading Marian veneration, consecrated the chapel built on the hill to the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the end of the 14th century. Meadows at south part of Marian hill offer a great vista over historic town Levoca and surrounding picturesque Spiš landscape.
Levoca is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia with a population of 14 600. The town has a historic center with a well preserved town wall, a Renaissance church with the highest wooden altar in Europe and many other valuable historic buildings. Levoca was added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List in June 2009.
(Click on map to enlarge) (Zakopane in directly south of Krakow.)
Give credit to Jozefs.
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JoelKosciak
Joined: 18 Feb 2011
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Location: Springfield, MABack to top |
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:37 am
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Hmmm ... Yeah that looks right ... I wonder what she was doing in Slovakia. ... She was orphaned around 6 or 7, and worked at rich peoples homes. But my great grandfather was from Roczyny, where I believe they married.
Interesting note I recently found out about my great grandmother ... She gave birth to a great aunt of mine 3 days after arriving to America.
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 2:27 pm
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[quote="JoelKosciak"]I'm not good with pronouncing polish cities/towns.
Joel, go to http://www.ivona.com/, select the Polish flag, a male or female voice and type your text in the blank field. Be sure to type polish characters, if there is any. Then click on Play and listen how it sounds.
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