Nitriansky Hrádok

Nitriansky Hrádok

Nitriansky Hrádok is a district of a town of Šurany, Slovakia. This settlement was annexed to Šurany in 1976.[1]

Archaeological site

Excavations at Zámeček

A significant amount of archaeological material have been found at the tell Zámeček (the name means "small castle", "château"), settlement layers of which trace estimated 5,000 years back. For this reason this place has become known as "Slovakian Troy".[2][3]

The sculpture of Venus of Hradok

A famous find was a neolithic figurine of sitting woman. It was dubbed Hrádocká Venuša (Venus[4] of Hradok). The figurine is depicted on the 2-koruna coin. In 1997 a monument by Jaroslav Gubric was installed, which is an enlarged copy of the figurine. [2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Official website of Šurany (Slovak, only History is in English as well)
  2. ^ a b A monument to Venus of Hradok
  3. ^ a b Slovenská Trója
  4. ^ Note:"Venus" is an umbrella term for figurines of this type

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