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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-025-2-0058

COMPONENTS OF THE RECREATIONAL-TOURISTIC AND EDUCATION POTENTIAL OF THE AREA OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL OPEN-AIR MUSEUM NIŽNÁ MYŠĽA IN SLOVAKIA

Kristína Pramuková1, Ľubomír Štrba1, Silvia Palgutová1, Miriama Javorská1
1 Institute of Earth Resources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia


The paper is focused to the area of Nižná Myšľa in eastern Slovakia with a more detailed focus on the Archeological Open-air Museum located in the Várhegyi locality. The paper deals with the components of the recreational-touristic as well as educational potential of the area. It presents the territory of Nižná Myšľa in terms of its specific geological structure, geological sites, unique fossils and water features in the landscape. It suggests possible ways of incorporating geotourism, and its subsequent possible implementation in the area as a tool of education. The aim of the present paper is to describe an archaeological site of European importance and to demonstrate its recreational, touristic and educational aspects in order to develop and utilize the potential it possesses.
 

Keywords: geotourism, tool for learning, geology, Várhegyi site, reasons for a possible visit

pages: 58-62, Published: 2025, online: 2025



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