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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-963-1-0351

TREES AS A PART OF SMALL SACRAL ARCHITECTURE IN THE LIPTOV REGION

Marek Hus1
1 Institute of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 94976 Nitra, Slovakia

Elements of small sacral architecture such as the wayside shrines, chapels, belfries, sculpture of saints, but also crosses represent significant features in the cultural landscape of Slovakia. The article provides an overview of the origin, historical development, typology and meaning of small sacral architecture elements, with a particular focus on their functional and symbolic links with woody plants, especially with the trees that accompany them. Trees are an accompanying element of sacral monuments and, as in the past, as well as today, they contribute to the appearance of these cultural monuments in an urbanized areas or in the landscape. At the municipal or regional level, they create a whole set of small cultural and natural monuments, which as a system has a high value and importance for local communities and potential for local tourism and recreation, as well as for nature and landscape protection. The paper presents new and original results and knowledge obtained from field research of small sacral architecture and the trees that are part of it in the Liptov region, located in the northern part of Slovakia. Trees mapping near small sacral architecture facilities in Liptov took place in 2019-2021 on the territory of 37 Liptov municipalities.

Keywords: landscape architecture, greenery, historical heritage, symbolism

pages: 351-358, Published: 2024, online: 2024



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