Valaská Belá
Valaská Belá (Hungarian: Bélapataka) is a village and municipality in Prievidza District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.[1]
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1324.[citation needed]
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 482 metres and covers an area of 64,774 km2.[citation needed] It has a population of about 2327 people.[citation needed]
Religion
Churches in the village include the wooden Saint Michal church.[citation needed] Local priest Juraj Gábor built the first single-aisle brick church[citation needed] in 1737. At the end of the 18th century, the parishioners built the brick chapel. The present church is from the year 1800. Primarily it was a longitudinal single-aisle church with one tower ornamented with prissian[check spelling] paintings.[citation needed] In 1929, two aisles were added, ornamented similarly to the main aisle. In 1944, the interior was painted by Štefan Enhoff.[citation needed]
References
- ^ SÜLE, Peter; SÜLE, Peter, Jr. Encyclopedia of Towns and Villages of Slovakia. Lučenec : PS-LINE, 2005. 960 p. ISBN 80-969388-8-6. P. 249.
External links
- http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Valaská Belá homepage
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