Fairy tale bus shelter - Rakovo, Slovakia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Rikitan
N 48° 59.338 E 018° 52.812
34U E 344923 N 5428393
Artistic wooden bus shelter with several fairy tale figures in slovak village Rakovo.
Waymark Code: WMM7CR
Location: Žilinský kraj, Slovakia
Date Posted: 08/04/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Aushiker
Views: 16

Unique artistic bus shelter can be visited in small slovak village Rakovo. It is completelly wooden with several fairy tale figures - fox and raven, witch, eagle and wild boar on the bench, and crawfish - symbol of the village. Shelter was designed and created from 5 poplar trees by several woodcarvers during annual Carving days in Rakovo in April 2013.

Slovak description
Unikatna rozpravkova autobusova zastavka sprijemnuje cakanie obyvatelom turcianskej obce Rakovo. Pocas rezbarskych dni na jar roku 2013 ju zhotovili zrucni rezbari z 5 vytatych topolov. Obdivovat tu mozeme lisku s havranom, strigu, diviaka s orlom na lavicke a viacero dalsich drevenych spestreni vratane raka - symbolu obce - v strieske pristresku.
Source: own visit and pictures, cas.sk
Artist: group of woodcarvers

Date: april 2013

Location:
Rakovo, center of small village


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