Dolnji Lakoš

Dolnji Lakoš Alsólakos
Dolnji Lakoš Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°33′6.95″N 16°26′12.3″E / 46.5519306°N 16.43675°E / 46.5519306; 16.43675Coordinates: 46°33′6.95″N 16°26′12.3″E / 46.5519306°N 16.43675°E / 46.5519306; 16.43675
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Prekmurje
Statistical region	Pomurska
Municipality	Lendava
Area
– Total	2.44 km2 (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation	160.83 m (528 ft)
Population (2002)
– Total	243
[1]

Dolnji Lakoš (Hungarian: Alsólakos, Prekmurian Dolenji Lakoš, or Spoudnji Lakoš) is a village to the southwest of Lendava in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.^[2]

The local church in the settlement is dedicated to The Holy Cross and belongs to the Lendava Parish.^[3]

Near the village is the site of the Bronze Age settlement Oloris, that was excavated in the 1980s. It was one of the most extensive excavations of a Bronze Age settlement in Slovenia. The archaeological evidence shows that the settlement was surrounded by an oak palisade. Postholes of the former dwellings clearly indicated an extensive and relatively dense settlement around a central courtyard with four hearths in the surrounding dwellings. There are dated artefacts and evidence of habitation from the late 14th and in the 13th century BC.^[4] Finds from the excavation are on permanent display in Lendava Castle.^[5]

References

1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. ^ Lendava Municipality site
3. ^ Družina RC Church in Slovenia journal site
4. ^ Institute of Archaeology of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
5. ^ Lendava Gallery and Museum on Visiting Arts Cultural Profiles Project

External links

• Dolnji Lakoš on Geopedia