Name: Village Square of Veľké Trakany
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bgegg

July 5, 2023

Velke Trakany

The oldest written report about the village dates back to 1275. Later, in the 14th century, it already gained the status of a feudal town with fair rights. At that time there was already a church, a vicarage and a school. The agricultural character of the settlement has been preserved to this day. The local Roman Catholic Church was built on the foundations of the castle chapel in the late 19th century. The interior is richly decorated and surrounded by a park with rare trees. The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession - the only one in the area of Medzibodrožia and Použia - was built in the first half of the 20th century. There is also a Greek Catholic temple here. Also worth mentioning is the old Jewish cemetery.

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bgegg

July 5, 2023

In 2005, the Trianon monument was unveiled in the village. The center is decorated with an andesite statue of Bálint Balassi, who worked in the village, and works by György Ferencz and here

by the Grand Caputians. The village is also connected to the neighboring Malý Trakani by a bicycle path

There used to be a port on the outskirts of the village where ships and rafts carrying salt from the Eastern Carpathians docked. Near the port there was a salt farm with a salt office building - salt house, salt warehouses or workers' quarters. At this point, the building of the Salt Office has been preserved to this day. It is a late Baroque monument from the 18th century, which underwent extensive reconstruction in 2004-2005. It is currently open to the general public.

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July 5, 2023

In the rooms on the ground floor, the former premises of the manager of the salt office are exposed. Today the salt house "Solo house in Velky Trakany"

hundred objects and a model of the arrest of the Salzhof with two wooden salt warehouses, with servants' houses and gardens of the employees and with the building of the Salzamt itself. Copies of historical maps are also on display, allowing visitors to learn about salt mining, its distribution, and the treatment of watercourses related to transportation. You can visit the permanent exhibition of art products by Tibor Galgóczito from Veľké Kapušian. The courtyard serves as a place for organizing cultural and social events with the possibility of catering and accommodation.

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