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Marek Sobola (born 3 July 1981) is an authorised landscape architect, professional gardener and
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artist from
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Biography

Sobola was born in
Žilina Žilina (; hu, Zsolna, ; german: Sillein, or ; pl, Żylina , names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of S ...
,
Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...
(now Slovakia) into a family from
Lalinok Lalinok ( hu, Lalinek) is a village (local part) in the administrative district of Divinka in northern Slovakia. History The first written mention of Lalinok dates back to April 4, 1325, in the document dealing with the property transfers of th ...
and Divina. He spent the first years of his life in Divina. Sobola studied landscape architecture at the 
Slovak University of Agriculture Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra is a public university in Nitra Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located ...
in Nitra (SUA) at the Horticulture and Landscape Engineering Faculty. He graduated in 2004 and began working in own studio. Alongside the architect's practice he continued doctoral studies at SUA at the Faculty of European Studies and Regional Development, the Department of Sustainable Development in 2004 – 2007. After finishing his Ph.D. study he again continued his studies at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra at the Faculty of Arts as an historian for another five years. He works as a heraldic artist since 2015. His specialization is the
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in
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countries. Sobola has since 2011 been a member of the Slovak Chamber of Architects. Between 2018 and 2019 he was a visiting member of the Czech Chamber of Architects. From 2017 is a member of the Liturgical Commission of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Žilina The Diocese of Žilina ( sk, Žilinská Diecéza, la, Dioecesis Žilinensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in north-western Slovakia including parts of the Trenčín and Žilina regions. It has its seat in Žilina. The current bishop is Tomá ...
. In 2018 three projects represented
Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...
at the international
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entitled “Landscape Architecture as a common ground”. One of them was the author's work of Marek Sobola called Green wall Gothal in Liptovská Osada. The exhibition was organized by the European branch of the
International Federation of Landscape Architects The International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) is an organisation which represents the landscape architectural profession globally. It aims to provide leadership and networks to support the development of the profession and its effe ...
(IFLA). He is also a member of the Scientific Board of the Kysuce Museum in Čadca and a member of the Council of the
Episcopal Conference of Slovakia The Conference of Bishops of Slovakia (Konferencia biskupov Slovenska) (KBS), was established on 23 March 1993, and is composed of the Catholic Bishops Roman Catholic in the Slovak Republic. Slovak Greek Catholic (Byzantine Rite) are not members ...
for Science, Education and Culture. Since 2020 is a member of the Heraldry Society of New Zealand and the Orders & Medals Research Society.


Selected works


Landscape architecture and architecture

* Private gardens in Slovakia and
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(
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) * Monument of Divina Meteorite – Monument (corten steel) * Vertical gardens: Gothal Liptovská Osada, Mirage Shopping Centre in Žilina, Thalmeiner Café in
Trnava Trnava (, german: Tyrnau; hu, Nagyszombat, also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, to the northeast of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of a ''kraj'' ( Trnava Region) and of an '' okres'' ( T ...
, Vertical garden in Château
Gbeľany Gbeľany ( hu, Egbelény) is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1362. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of ...
* Roof Gardens: Eurovea Shopping Centre in
Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approximately 140% of ...
– intensive garden, SPA
Rajecké Teplice Rajecké Teplice ( hu, Rajecfürdő) is a spa town in the Žilina District, Žilina Region in northern Slovakia. History The first reliable written record was in 1376. It has town status since 1989. Geography The town lies in the Rajčanka ri ...
– extensive garden *
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:
Lietava Castle Lietava Castle ( sk, Lietavský hrad, older names , , , ) is an extensive castle ruin in the Súľov Mountains of northern Slovakia, between the villages of Lietava and Lietavská Svinná-Babkov in the Žilina District. History The castle was ...
(Slovak: Lietavský hrad) – extensive castle ruin in the
Súľov Mountains The Súľov Mountains (in Slovak, ''Súľovské vrchy'') is a rugged mountain range in Slovakia, the northwestern part of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpat ...
of northern Slovakia * Mirage Shopping Centre Žilina, A composition in the old town (corten steel) * Chapel of Saint Lazarus in
Nová Bystrica Nová Bystrica ( hu, Újbeszterce) is a village and municipality in Čadca District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia, in the Kysuce region. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1662. Geography The municipali ...
: the reconstruction and renovation is an exact replica. The Chapel was blessed by
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Dominik Duka O.P., the 36th
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, Primate of Bohemia * Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial and Carl Gustav Swensson Park in Žilina, Slovakia


Postal design

* Postmark (official postal product) for the Slovak Post *
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with a personalized coupon: St. John of Nepomuk in Divina, author of postage stamp: Adrian Ferda * Prepaid envelope with imprint: St. John of Nepomuk in Divina, issue number: 121 COB 106/17


Medals

* Memorial medals for
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rožňava The Diocese of Rožňava ( sk, Rožňavská diecéza, la, Dioecesis Rosnaviensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Slovakia. It covers central and eastern parts of the Banská Bystrica Region and western parts of the Košice Region. It ...
, Slovakia * Silver Cross of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Žilina *
Tree of Peace Memorial Plaque The Tree of Peace Memorial Plaque ( Slovak: ''Pamätná plaketa Stromu pokoja'') is the highest award awarded since 2019 by the Slovak non-governmental organization Servare et Manere. The award was first awarded on December 4, 2019 on the occasi ...
and
Memorial Medal of Tree of Peace The Memorial Medal of Tree of Peace ( Slovak: ''Pamätná medaila Stromu pokoja'') is the second highest award awarded since 2020 by Servare et Manere, the Slovak non-governmental organization. The award was first awarded on September 28, 202 ...
*Medal of Merit for Slovak Diplomacy, the highest award of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia


Ecclesiastical heraldry


Institutions – coats of arms/flags/seals

* Metropolitan
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea. It has its cathedral episcopal see Sacred Heart Cathedral in Vunapope and a Co-Cathedral, St Francis Xavier's Co-Cathedral, in Rabaul. On J ...
,
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
(PNG) * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang, PNG * Roman Catholic Diocese of Alotau-Sideia, PNG *
Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka The Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen based in Goroka. It was erected Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966. In 1982, part of the diocese was separated ...
, PNG * Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimbe, PNG *
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby. It was erected Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966. Bishops Ordinaries * Eugène Klein, M.S.C. (1960–197 ...
, PNG * Roman Catholic Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago (
American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internatio ...
) * Roman Catholic Diocese of Reykjavík (
Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...
) *
Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Northern Arabia ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Arabiæ Septentrionalis Arabic: النيابة الرسولية العربية الشمالية) is a Catholic apostolic vicariate (exempt pre-dioces ...
based in
Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and a ...
* Diocese of Tonga (
Kingdom of Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...
) *
Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan The Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan is a Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture (missionary jurisdiction) in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. It has one ...
(
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
) * Mission "Sui Iuris" of Afghanistan


Persons

* Archbishop Francesco Panfilo,
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* Archbishop Karl Hesse MSC, MBE * Archbishop Stephen Joseph Reichert, OFM Cap. *Archbishop Rochus Josef Tatamai * Bishop
William Fey Bishop William Regis Fey, OFMCap (November 6, 1942 – January 19, 2021) was an American Roman Catholic prelate. Biography Fey was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, on November 6, 1942. He made his first vows in the Capuchin ord ...
, OFM Cap. * Bishop
Dariusz Kałuża Dariusz Kałuża (born in 1967 in Pszczyna) is a Polish clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka The Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen based in Goroka. ...
MSF * Bishop Dávid Bartimej Tencer, OFM Cap * Bishop Vladimír Fekete, SDB.


The statue St. John of Nepomuk in Divina

The project of restoration The statue St. John of Nepomuk in Divina was carried out under auspices of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Slovakia. St. John of Nepomuk is one of the most frequently illustrated saints in the territory of the former
Habsburg monarchy The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...
and there are monuments (mostly statues) of him in almost every village in Slovakia and Czechia. The, until now, unknown story of the statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Divina goes back to
canonical visitation In the Catholic Church, a canonical visitation is the act of an ecclesiastical superior who in the discharge of his office visits persons or places with a view to maintaining faith and discipline and of correcting abuses. A person delegated to car ...
of the Divina
parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...
on 1 September 1828, which provides the first reference of the time of origin of the statue – 1796. As referred to by the canonical visitation, the statue was damaged by a massive flood in 1822. Partners, who were addressed by Marek Sobola, the author of the project, to cooperate have either some connection to St. John of Nepomuk or to Slovakia. The project was honoured by patronage of His Majesty
Norodom Sihamoni Norodom Sihamoni ( km, នរោត្តម សីហមុនី, ; born 14 May 1953) is King of Cambodia. He became King on 14 October 2004, a week after the abdication of his father, Norodom Sihanouk. He is the eldest son of Norodom Sih ...
, the King of
Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand ...
and His Majesty Simeon II., the last Tsar of
Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
. Along with the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Žilina The Diocese of Žilina ( sk, Žilinská Diecéza, la, Dioecesis Žilinensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in north-western Slovakia including parts of the Trenčín and Žilina regions. It has its seat in Žilina. The current bishop is Tomá ...
, the project donors are: His Royal Highness
Franz, Duke of Bavaria Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern (born 14 July 1933), commonly known by the courtesy title Duke of Bavaria, is the head of the House of Wittelsbach, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria. His great-grandfather Ki ...
, The
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani, links=yes, OESSH), also called Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, is a Catholic order of knighthood under ...
(''Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani''), The
Knights of the Cross with the Red Star The Knights of the Cross with the Red Star or Military Order of the Crusaders of the Red Star ( cs, Křižovnický řád rytířů s červenou hvězdou; german: Kreuzherren mit dem Roten Stern; la, Ordo Militaris Crucigerorum cum Rubea Stella ...
, the only Catholic knight order or Czech origin (''Ordo militaris Crucigerorum cum rubea stella in pede pontis Pragensis''), Metropolitan Chapter House of St. Vitus in
Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
, which is the owner of the saint's grave and the town Nepomuk – the birthplace of St. John of Nepomuk. Out of domestic partners, the project was supported by municipalities of Divina, Divinka–Lalinok, Svederník and the
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Club 53-19 from Žilina. The ceremonial holy mass in the St. Andrew's Church in Divina was on Friday 2 June 2017. After the holy mass, the statue was uncovered on its new stand by Joachim Bleicker, the
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of the
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in Slovakia together with Emil Molko,
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of Divina and author of the project. Subsequently, it was blessed by Mons. Tomáš Galis,
Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ...
of Žilina.


Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial

Marek Sobola is the bearer of the idea and co-author of the largest memorial dedicated to Carl Gustav Swensson in the world and in
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. CGS Memorial is located in the park of the same name in
Žilina Žilina (; hu, Zsolna, ; german: Sillein, or ; pl, Żylina , names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of S ...
, Slovakia. At the initiative of the NGO Servare et Manere, the town of Žilina decided to finance the CGS Memorial, which the NGO also built. The Memorial is located in a park with the same name and its authors are landscape architect and artist Marek Sobola and
sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...
Michal Janiga. Ján Janík provided overall technical documentation and design of information panels located in the park. The Memorial project was carried out under the official auspices of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in
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.


Publications

# SOBOLA, Marek (ed.): ''Divinka Lalinok''. Divinka : Municipal office of Divinka 2018. . #SOBOLA, Marek (ed.): ''Príbeh svätojánsky, Socha sv. Jána Nepomuckého v Divine / The Story of St. John, Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Divina / ដំណើររឿងរបស់ St. John, រូបចម្លាក់ St. John Nepomuk នៅក្រុង Divina / Die Johannisgeschichte, Die Staute des hl. Johannes Nepomuk in Divina / Историята на св. Ян, Статуята на св. Ян Непомуцки в Дивина''. Žilina : Servare et Manere, o. z. a Kysucké múzeum v Čadci, 2017. . # SOBOLA, Marek: ''Marek Sobola PORTFOLIO''. Žilina : Marek Sobola 2016. . # SOBOLA, Marek: ''Ľudová architektúra v Javorníkoch''. In: KOLEKTÍV AUTOROV: JAVORNÍKY, Veľká kniha o nemalom pohorí, monografia. Martin : Matica Slovenská 2016. . # SOBOLA, Marek: ''Kaplnka sv. Lazára z Betánie v Novej Bystrici''. .l. Slovenská komenda vojenského a špitálskeho rádu sv. Lazára Jeruzalemského, 2015. . # JANURA, Tomáš - ZVEDELOVÁ, Kristína - SOBOLA, Marek. ''Vidiecke šľachtické sídla v Turčianskej stolici''. Spoločnosť Kolomana Sokola s finančnou podporou Ministerstva kultúry SR a Historického ústavu SAV, 2014. Projekt HÚ SAC CE Hrady na Slovensku. Interdisciplinárny prierezový pohľad na fenomén hradov. . # SOBOLA, Marek – BIELEK, Pavol: ''Prioritné a deficitné poľnohospodárske oblasti v katastrálnom území obce Oponice určené pedologickými charakteristikami (Preferred and deficit agricultural areas in cadastral area of Oponice village defined by pedological characteristics)''. In: Vedecké práce Výskumného ústavu pôdoznalectva a ochrany pôdy. Bratislava: Výskumný ústav pôdoznalectva a ochrany pôdy 2007, p. 138 – 151. .


Honours and awards


National awards

Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic The Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic ( sk, Ministerstvo kultúry Slovenskej republiky) is a government ministry of Slovakia. Its headquarters are in Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) i ...
* National competition Phoenix – National Cultural Monument of the year 2017 (''Honorable recognition'' for exceptional realization of the restoration project of the Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in the village of Divina, located in the Žilina Region). Association for Garden Design and Landscaping of Slovakia * National competition Garden, Park, Garden detail of 2016, Category „''Garden detail of 2016''“ (III. place: Green wall in Château
Gbeľany Gbeľany ( hu, Egbelény) is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1362. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of ...
– Slovakia, II. place: Green wall in Gothal Liptovská Osada – Slovakia).


Foreign honours


Dynastic

Romanian royal family The Romanian royal family ( ro, Familia regală a României) was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Romania, a constitutional monarchy in Central-Eastern Europe. The kingdom existed from 1881, when Carol I of Romania was proclaimed king, unti ...
* Royal Medal for Loyalty (''Medalia Regală pentru Loialitate''), medal granted by Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania (2022).
House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies The House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies is a cadet branch of the Spanish Bourbons that ruled Southern Italy and Sicily for more than a century in the 18th and 19th centuries. It descends from the Capetian dynasty in legitimate male line through Phili ...
* Bronze Benemerenti Medal of the Franco-Neapolitan-Two Sicilian Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, medal granted by Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro (2021).
House of Romanov The House of Romanov (also transcribed Romanoff; rus, Романовы, Románovy, rɐˈmanəvɨ) was the reigning dynasty, imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after the Tsarina, Anastacia of Russia, Anastasi ...
* Imperial Commemorative Medal “In Memory of the 100th Anniversary of the Great War, 1914-1918”, medal granted by Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (2020).


Gallery


References


External links

* *Marek Sobola
Official website
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