Sušany ( hu, Susány) is a village in the

Poltár District Poltár District (''okres Poltár'') is a district in the south of the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country i ...

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. The village lies in the southern part of the historic area of Malohont, in the valley of the small river Suchá.

History

The first written notice about the village is from 1407, where it is mentioned as a property of Mikofalvy family. The art of pottery along with agriculture have been the main source of income for local people since the first settlements in the

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. However, in 1950s the last pottery

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, called bana, was closed. Considerable part of extant products is kept in the pottery collection in Sušany, placed in the municipal office.

Sightseeings

The dominating feature of the village is classicist Roman Catholic Saint Anne Church, built in 1911. In the centre there is a

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with a

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. Another feature of the area is the well-preserved popular architecture represented by peasant houses from the beginning of 19th century.

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* * Populated places in Slovakia {{BanskáBystrica-geo-stub