Hollokö ( Hung. Hollókő ) - a village in Northern Hungary , in the Nograd County . The village gained fame as an ethnographic open-air museum. The population is 465 people. In 1987, the UNESCO World Heritage List was included. The name of the village is translated as “Raven Stone”.
 | UNESCO World Heritage Site No. 401 Russian • English • fr. |
| Village | |||
| Hollokyo | |||
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| Hungarian Hollókő | |||
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| A country |  Hungary | ||
| Copper | Nograd | ||
| Edge | Northern Hungary | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Area | 5.18 km² | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 376 people ( 2010 ) | ||
| Density | 72.59 people / km² | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | + (36) 32 | ||
| Postcode | 3176 | ||
| holloko.hu (Hungarian) | |||
Hollokyo is located 90 kilometers north of Budapest and 80 kilometers northwest of Eger . The village lies in a valley in the middle of the low mountains Cherhat. All of Hollokyo is an ethnographic museum, however, unlike other similar museums in Holloko, normal everyday life does not stop. Residents of the village carefully preserve the lifestyle and folk traditions of past centuries. Most of the buildings in the village are mud houses with carved wooden verandas. In the village, folk crafts are preserved - traditional embroidery, pottery, wood carving.
Hollokyo village
View of Hollokö Castle from a nearby hill
Attractions
- Wooden Church - built in the 16th century , rebuilt in 1889 .
- Museum of the village is an ethnographic museum. The exposition is dedicated to the lifestyle of local residents of the XVIII - XIX centuries .
- Postal Museum .
- Puppet Museum
- Sarkhedi fortress - is located on a hill above the village.
Twin Cities
- Saler ( France )
References and Sources
- About the village at http://vengriya.org
- Hungary. Guide. Around the World, 2007. ISBN 978-5-98652-117-6
- Aerial Gallery