Spisz

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Spisz is a historical and ethnographic region in southern Poland and northern Slovakia, known for its mountainous landscapes, traditional highlander culture, and well-preserved medieval towns.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnographic region
historical region
containsSite Levoča historic centre
Spiš Castle
Spišská Kapitula
country Poland
Slovakia
crossedByRiver Dunajec River
Poprad River
dividedBetweenStates Czechoslovakia
Poland
Slovakia
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom German settlers (historically)
Polish culture
Slovak culture
hasEthnographicGroup Spiš highlanders
hasMajorTown Kežmarok
Kežmarok
surface form: Levoča

Nowy Targ region towns
Spišská Nová Ves
Stará Ľubovňa
hasMinorityGroup Podhale
surface form: Gorals (highlanders)
hasMountainRange Pieniny Mountains
Spiš-Gubałówka Foothills
hasUNESCOSite Levoča historic centre
surface form: Levoča, Spiš Castle and the associated cultural monuments
historicalAffiliation Kingdom of Hungary
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
surface form: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (partly, in later periods)
historicalCapital Stará Ľubovňa
surface form: Spiš Castle area
knownFor mountainous landscapes
traditional highlander culture
well-preserved medieval towns
languageVariety Spiš dialects of Polish
Spiš dialects of Slovak
locatedIn northern Slovakia
southern Poland
nearMountainRange Tatra Mountains
surface form: High Tatras
partOf Carpathian Mountains
surface form: Carpathian region

Lesser Poland
surface form: Lesser Poland historical region
religion Roman Catholicism
sharesBorderWith Liptov
Orava
Podhale
tourismActivity cultural tourism
hiking
skiing
traditionalArchitecture stone highlander houses
wooden churches
traditionalEconomy pastoralism
sheep herding
small-scale agriculture

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