SLOVAKIA

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SLOVAKIA

• a little big country

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Our country

• Slovakia is a country with area 49 036 sq km.
• and with capital Bratislava.
• STOP ! STOP ! STOP !
• I know what are you thinking now. Oh
• my God! Once again such boring
• presentation!
• But you are at fault !

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A heart of Europe

• Slovakia is a heart of Europe not only for
  geographic location, but by the repose and
  good-natured people.
• I have a dream that Slovakia will not be judged
  by the history but by the character of a nation.

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Slovakia through my eyes

• The Czechoslovak socialist republic is written
  in my birth certificate. I was born during the
  revolution changes. Slovakia as an independent
  country was for me my family and our flat. In
  1993 in the age of 3 years I did not realize that
  my native country became independent. More
  important for me were the walks in our park,
  Zobors rocks, or the football stadium. I
  remember a lot from my childhood. One day my
  teacher in the kindergarten asked me how did I
  know that Bratislava was the capital city of
  Slovakia. But now I know that it was one of my
  mums great ideas to visit the Bratislava
  castle, the Danube river and the Devin castle. We
  didnt have a car so I was getting to know my
  country from the windows of trains and buses. I
  have visited many places such as the High Tatras,
  Banská Bystica, ilina, many rivers, mountains,
  towns...but also the biggest Bethlehem in Europe
  in Rajecká Lesná.

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• I wish the Slovak awareness would be
  higher, but it has to be formed from the early
  childhood and has to be inherited from parents to
  their children. Thats why I am so grateful to my
  parents that they have taught me the most
  important things. Everything else has to be done
  by myself. I know we are a small nation but on
  the other hand our history, natural wealth and
  our hearts are huge.

• I have to admit honestly that I liked it
  less than a sherbet with my parents or my friends
  at the National Theater in Bratislava. But later
  on the sympathy for these places stayed inside of
  me thanks to my parents. I realized it when I was
  a student of an elementary school. I had a lot of
  memories about the Devin castle and other
  monuments. In this way I was getting to know many
  places, life and people in my Slovakia.

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Something about history...

• Before zilion years were probably on our land
  dinosaures. Unfortunately, they did not to leave
  any scriptumes.
• From around 450 BC, the territory of modern-day
  Slovakia was settled by Celts.
• After the disintegration of the Great Moravian
  Empire in the 10th century, the Magyars gradually
  annexed the territory of the Slovakia.
• In 1918 the regions of Slovakia and Czech
  republic joined to Czechoslovakia.
• After World War II. Czechoslovakia came under the
  influence of the Soviet Union.
• Slovakia and Czech republic were separate on
  January 1,1993 .

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In the valeys

• A SONG, WHICH ARE YOU LISTENING NOW, IS
  CALLED IN THE VALLEYS. ALTOHOUGH IT ISNT SLOVAK
  NATIONAL ANTHEM, ITS POPULAR ALL OVER THE SLOVAK
  REPUBLIC. IT GET ROUND OUR HEARTS FOR VERY
  TOUCHING LYRIC. A SONG IS ABOUT PRETTY SLOVAK
  NATURE AND ABOUT SLOVAK NATION.

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See you in Slovakia !

• made by Jana Martiková