Koliba pod Vyšným Šiprúnskym sedlom
The place
Koliba pod Vyšným Šiprúnskym sedlom ("Chalet below the Upper Šiprún Pass") in the Žilina region, Ružomberok/Liptovská Osada area (Veľká Fatra, central Slovakia, Slovakia), at 1,251 m elevation, in the Veľká Fatra range. Continuous cluster of Veľká Fatra, Slovakia (batches 200-369). Traditional koliba/salaš mountain-pasture shepherd's hut (Vyšný Šiprún pass, 1,500 m + Veľká Fatra's 1,592 m Ostredok summit + Veľká Fatra National Park, 404 km², established 2002, Slovakia's 5th national park, ISCN + Liptovská Osada's traditional timber architectural heritage + heritage of the Slovaks (a West Slavic people, 5 million, Slovak language, Ľudovít Štúr's 1843 Bratislava-dialect codification + the 1944 Slovak National Uprising (SNP), 29 August 1944, 60,000 fighters, Banská Bystrica, against the Wehrmacht, 5,000 shot at Kremnička/Kremnica 1944-1945 + Alexander Dubček's 1968 Prague Spring, "socialism with a human face," the Warsaw Pact invasion of 20 August 1968, 5 armies, 250,000 troops, Stalinist normalization).
The setting
Žilina, Ružomberok/Liptovská Osada, Veľká Fatra, central Slovakia, 1,251 m, Veľká Fatra range, continuous cluster batches 200-369, koliba/salaš shepherd's hut, Vyšný Šiprún pass 1,500 m + Veľká Fatra 1,592 m Ostredok + Veľká Fatra NP 404 km², 2002, Slovakia's 5th NP + Liptovská Osada timber heritage, Slovaks, West Slavic, 5 million, Slovak language, Štúr 1843 Bratislava dialect + SNP 29 August 1944, 60,000, Banská Bystrica, Wehrmacht, 5,000 shot at Kremnička 1944-1945 + Dubček 1968 Prague Spring, human face, Warsaw Pact invasion 20 August, 5 armies, 250,000, normalization.
