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CSTS & HRH Prince of Wales
(CST Slovakia - News)
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Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia hosted HRH
Prince of Wales
On November 1st, The Prince of Wales,
accompanied by Dr. Viliam Pichler and Mr. Emil Hirjak, CSTS director and
technical director respectively, took an hour-long walk through the Badin
Primeval Forest, which was declared a nature preserve in 1913. The forest
contains fir trees up to 46 metres tall, as well as many beech, sycamore, ash,
alder, elm and other species. HRH was briefed on the work in the forest by the
Centre for Scientific Tourism, which was established in 1998 and aims to be a
world centre of excellence in the study of primeval forests and the development
of natural ecosystems.
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The Prince of Wales paid an official visit to
Slovakia, and went to the country's heartlands to see some of the
country's cultural and natural environment. Heritage and the environment
were among the key themes of His Royal Highness's three-nation tour of
Central Europe.
On arrival by air from the Czech Republic, The
Prince made the short journey to the medieval Church of Saint Mathew in
Zolná. The church is one of a series of early gothic churches along an
ancient north-south trade route which is believed to have been used by
Hungarian kings. |
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The Prince viewed recently-discovered 13th century
frescoes, and talked to people involved in the restoration work being
undertaken. Fifteen minutes later, His Royal Highness was looking at
frescoes in another of the gothic churches, in the village of Poniky,
where a restoration project is complete. |
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Later in the afternoon, the Prince of
Wales, accompanied by Dr. Viliam Pichler and Mr. Emil Hirjak, CSTS
director and technical director respectivelly, took an hour-long walk
through the Badin Primeval Forest, which was declared a nature preserve in
1913 (click here to see a short
video showing HRH Prince of Wales entering the Badínsky Primeval
Forest along with Dr. Pichler). |
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The forest contains
fir trees up to 46 metres tall, as well as many beech, sycamore, ash,
alder, elm and other species. HRH was briefed on the work in the forest by
the Centre for Scientific Tourism, which was established in 1998 and aims
to be a world centre of excellence in the study of primeval forests and
the development of natural ecosystems. |
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At the end of the
walk The Prince was presented by CSTS with a fujara,
a metre-long traditional musical pipe instrument, carved for him by
82-year-old forester Jan Mikuska. The Prince took a deep breath and blew a
note, and said he looked forward to practising. |
The Prince of Wales flew on to the Slovak capital,
Bratislava, where he was officially welcomed at the Presidential Palace by the
speaker of Slovakia's parliament, Jozef Migas. His Royal Highness later had a
private dinner with Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda.
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