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Bijacovce (Hungarian: Szepesmindszent; German Biazowitz/Betendorf) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. The village is along the famous Gothic Route and the church dates from the 13th century. The church is gothic with a rotunda to match. There is also a manor house from the 18th century in Bijacovce. The manor house was built between 1780 and 1785 by the Csaky family. The last renovation of the manor house was in 1955. However, it currently is off limits to the public because it was turned into a school. However, next to the manor

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Slovak place.name
Bijacovce
Slovak place.settlement_type
Municipality
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Bijacovce15Slovakia.JPG
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Bijacovce-levoca-flag.svg
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Region
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District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2
Levoča District
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Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia
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1
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Location of Bijacovce in the Prešov Region##Location of Bijacovce in Slovakia
Slovak place.established_title
First mentioned
Slovak place.established_date
1258
Slovak place.elevation_m
513
Slovak place.postal_code_type
Postal code
Slovak place.postal_code
530 6
Slovak place.area_code
+421 53
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LE

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Bijacovce (Hungarian: Szepesmindszent; German Biazowitz/Betendorf) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. The village is along the famous Gothic Route and the church dates from the 13th century. The church is gothic with a rotunda to match. There is also a manor house from the 18th century in Bijacovce. The manor house was built between 1780 and 1785 by the Csaky family. The last renovation of the manor house was in 1955. However, it currently is off limits to the public because it was turned into a school. However, next to the manor house, there is a park with deer roaming around it.

==History== In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1258.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bijacovce” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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