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Divina
Summary
Divina (Nagydivény) is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1325.
File:Divina, pečať.jpg|Oldest seal of Divina village
File:Lúky, pečať.JPG|Oldest seal of Lúky village, part of Divina
The municipality lies at an altitude between 355 – 910 metres (center of the village 550 meters) and covers an area of 21.881 km2. It has a population of about 2384 people.
Late baroque church, built between 1773 and 1779 by John Nepomuk Szunyogh. The church is registered in the Central List of the Slovak Memorial Fund under the number 1333/1.
The Statue of St. John of Nepomuk is registered in the Central List of the Slovak Memorial Fund under the number 1334/2. It is a sandstone sculpture from 1796 standing on a stone base. The project of restoration of St. John of Nepomuk statue was initiated by architect Marek Sobola and was started in 2016, was completed in June 2017. Partners, who were addressed to cooperate have either some connection to St. John of Nepomuk or to Slovakia and was from: Germany, Cambodia, Bulgaria, Bavaria, Vatican and Czech Republic. The project was carried out under auspices of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Slovakia. Exceptional realization of the restoration project of the statie has gained a Honorable recognition by Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Ľubica Laššáková on the 13th edition of the competition Phoenix – National Cultural Monument of the Year 2017.
File:Divina Kostol sv. Ondreja.jpg|Church of St. Andrew in Divina
File:Ľudový dom.JPG|Typical folk house from Divina, built 1907
Meteorit from Divina (official name Gross-Divina) fell into the center of the village on July 24, 1837. From the mineralogical point of view it is a chondrite. The weight was 10.5 kg. The memorial was designed by architect Marek Sobola, native of Divina. Architect used a corten steel for the construction. The memorial contains a precise 3D copy of the meteorite.
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