Ľubotín

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Location of Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region.
Location of Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region.

Ľubotín is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.

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[edit] History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1330. The oldest record comes form priest Štefan de Lubentin from the year 1330. It expects that Ľubotín belongs to the oldest slovak villages existed already in 11. century. In the first half of 14. century origin today served coat of arms of village - Madonna with a child. The hundredth anniversary of consecration church celebrated believers on 6. of november 2007 together with Košice arcibiskop Alojz Tkáč.

[edit] Monuments

The sacral monument is church dedicated to name of Virgin Mary form year 1905 (Roman Catholic) - one boat with superiored tower. The church is an imitation of Romanesque style.

[edit] Interier of church

In the interier of church is a boat on the facade with altar. There is a picture of Saint Mary standing on snake's head. On the sides there are statues connected with a motive of picture. On the right side there is statue of St. Jozef with Jesus on arms. On the left side there is St. Ann (mother of virgin Mary) with small Mary. The pride of the church is the choir with historical pipe one-manual organ from year 1906.

[edit] Exterier of church

In the exterier of church over the entrance on the sides, in the niches there are renovationed statues of St. Cyril and Metod.

[edit] Geography

The municipality lies at an elevation of 490 metres (1,610 ft) and covers an area of 10.845 km² (4.187 mi²). It has a population of about 1338 people.

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