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Six-Trunk Lime TreeA 300-year-old six-trunk lime tree is the jewel of the park: it is one of Slovakia’s 111 protected lime trees. This particular tree is 30 m tall, with a trunk circumference of a massive 670 cm.
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Fauna and floraIn order to restore the park to what it had looked like in earlier centuries, inventory research of the flora and fauna was carried out in 1997. It showed that there were 97 species of vertebrates living in the park, including European tree frog, grass snake, peregrine falcon, and several species of bats.
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Gothic GateThe Gothic gate, with a rotunda-shaped gatehouse and two embrasures, was part of a stone wall that was itself most probably part of a fortified castle. Its main feature is the pointed arch, dating back to the middle of the 19th century, which is typical of the era when the gate was built.
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Tombstone of Count AspremontThe tombstone of Count Johann Gobert Aspremont-Linden II (* 22.09.1757 – † 16.09.1819) was commissioned by his grieving daughter, Countess Mária Erdödy. The sculpture on top of it depicted a woman (the Count's daughter) leaning on an urn garlanded with flowers, and a little child (an angel) holding a coat of arms
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Temple of Goddess MinervaThe temple of the goddess Pallas Athena or Minerva, who in antiquity was associated with wisdom and power, was for many years a romantic secluded place in the shade of trees. In front of the temple, there was a clearing with stone benches for visitors to take a rest. This idyllic place was part of the park until World War II.
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Manor HouseThe manor house of Lednické Rovne is the town’s oldest edifice. It dates back to the second half of the 16th century when it was most likely built by order of Štefan Telekessy, the owner of Lednica manor, in the Renaissance style. Later in the 18th century, the house was influenced by the Baroque style, and following the fashion of that time, a chapel was built inside.
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Jozef Schreiber’s MausoleumThe Mausoleum is a Neo-Renaissance structure that was built in 1902–1904 by Eduard Hauser’s stonemasonry company to a design by the Viennese architect Alexander Graf. It is the final resting place of the industrialist Jozef Schreiber (* 08.03.1835 Dub nad Moravou – † 17.11.1902 Rapotín).
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Old ChurchThe first church in Lednické Rovne was built in 1640 by the feudal landowner of the Lednica manor, Zuzana Lórantffy, George I Rákóczi's wife. Under the nave of the church there was a tomb. In 1751, the entire church was rebuilt by order of Jozef Matyašovský.
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Renovation of The Historical Park
