Vlkolínec is a village under the administration of the town of

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. Historically, however, it was a separate village. The first written mention of the village came from 1376 and after 1882 it became part of Ružomberok. Its name is probably derived from the Slovak word "vlk", i.e.

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. Vlkolínec has been listed as a

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since 1993, and is one of ten Slovak villages that have been given the status of a folk architecture reservations. This status was granted because the village is an untouched and complex example of folk countryside architecture of the region of the Northern

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. Vlkolínec, situated in the centre of Slovakia, is a remarkably intact settlement with the traditional features of a

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an village. It is the region’s most complete group of these kinds of traditional log houses, often found in mountainous areas. The village consists of more than 45 log houses each of them made up of two or three rooms. A wooden belfry from the 18th century as well as the baroque chapel have also been preserved. Text was copied from this source, which is available under
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license. Houses No. 16 and 17 have been turned into a folk museum with all the instruments of daily life and work.

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Image:Vlkolínec - socha.JPG, Wooden carved sculpture at the entrance to the village Image:Vlkolínec, Slovakia 020.jpg, Typical interior of one of the houses Image:Vlkolínec, Slovakia 018.jpg, House in Vlkolínec Image:Vlkolinec house 47.jpg, House No. 47 in Vlkolínec Image:Vlkolínec, Slovakia 016.jpg, Belfry in Vlkolínec Image:Vlkolínec, Slovakia 015.jpg, Street in Vlkolínec Image:Vlkolínec, Slovakia 019.jpg, Street in Vlkolínec Image:Vlkolínec, Slovakia 002.jpg, House in Vlkolínec File:Vlkolínec 2.jpg

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Official website
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