Turie Pole

Turie Pole was a village of the Zvolen District in the modern-day Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. It was founded in 1337. In 1951 the people of Tŭri Pôle were forcibly displaced, as part of the establishment of the Lešť unincorporated area, which has since then served as a military training area.[1]

Turie Pole
Village
Jan Matulka - Tŭri Pôle Landscape (c1921)
Turie Pole
Former location of Turie Pole in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°24′N 19°20′E
Country Slovakia
Region Banská Bystrica Region
DistrictZvolen
Time zoneUTC+1
  Summer (DST)UTC+2

Painter Jan Matulka visited often and made many paintings of the landscape and scenery. One of the paintings records the name of the village under the intentional stylistic variation Tŭri Pôle.[2]

References

  1. P., S.K. (26 April 2006). "Osada Turie Pole". Panaramio. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  2. Glueck, Grace (31 December 2004). "Looking Again at a Painter Who Roamed Genres". The New York Times. New York City: The New York Times Company. Retrieved 3 January 2010.


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