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Explore a short educational <\/span>Trail of artists<\/strong> in the beautiful surroundings of the L\u00fa\u010dky Spa. It leads behind the Spa Hotel Cho\u010d, the Dependance Liptov spa house and the Balneocentrum. The trail is dedicated to the memory of famous artists whose lives were connected to L\u00fa\u010dky. <\/span>The gazibo <\/strong>is dedicated to Milan Michal Harminc, a famous architect who designed the Dependance Liptov spa house. <\/span>The artistic benches<\/strong> are dedicated to Tade\u00e1\u0161 Salva, a famous composer who was born in L\u00fa\u010dky, and to Jo\u017eko Pi\u0165o, one of the most famous first violinists in Slovakia who used to play in L\u00fa\u010dky and who contributed to the promotion of Slovak folk music.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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<\/span>M. M. Harminc:<\/strong> was one of the most active Slovak architects. He was professionally active for 65 years ( 1886 \u2013 1951 ) during which he designed over 300 buildings throughout Europe, of which 171 were situated in Slovakia. He was born on 7 October 1869 in Serbia. In 1886 he left for Budapest, where he worked for several construction companies. He founded his own construction office in 1897 and by the beginning of the war, he managed to design 45 houses. In 1915 he moved with his family to Slovakia, to the town of Liptovsk\u00fd Mikul\u00e1\u0161, where he opened a design and construction office. What connects him to the L\u00fa\u010dky Spa is the building of the Liptov spa house he designed. The war postponed its opening to 1946 when it began operating with the capacity of 100 beds. He died in 1964 in Bratislava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Dominik \u0160evc<\/strong>: He was born (March 12,1895), lived and was artistically active in L\u00fa\u010dky, the place he loved. He founded the Folklore Group L\u00fa\u010dan, originally called Cho\u010d (in 2020 it celebrated 80 years since its foundation). He sewed costumes for the group, choreographed the dances, composed folk wishes and songs, performed in an amateur theatre…He dedicated 60 years of his life to the promotion of cultural life of L\u00fa\u010dky, with the desire to preserve traditions and cultural heritage of our ancestors. Under his supervision, the ensemble rehearsed a hussar dance, a recruit dance, a stick dance and a so-called \u201c\u0161at\u00f4\u010dkov\u00fd\u201d (handkerchief) dance as well as a traditional wedding performance, Priadky performance and an unforgettable Pltnica perfomance, the idea of which was taken over by S\u013dUK (Slovak Folk Art Ensemble). He was awarded the Folklore Festival V\u00fdchodn\u00e1 commemorative medal by the then Minister of Culture in 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Jo\u017eko Pi\u0165o<\/strong>: He was born in 1800 in Tekovsk\u00e9 L\u00fa\u017eany. After serving for 12 years in the Imperial Army, he got to Liptovsk\u00fd Mikul\u00e1\u0161 where he first encountered the Slovak folk song which had him captivated from then on until his death in 1886. He formed his own band which played for lords from all over Slovakia. That is how he got to the L\u00fa\u010dky Spa where he entertained guests during the spa season. His violin virtuosity was described by many Slovak poets and writers, yet the best description is believed to be given by S. H. Vajansk\u00fd in his \u201cHus\u013ea\u201d novel. Jo\u017eko Pi\u0165o helped raise Slovak national awareness by placing a folk song to the pedestal it rightfully deserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Andrej Pl\u00e1vka<\/strong>: A poet born to the family of a tanner in the village of Liptovsk\u00e1 Sielnica in 1907. He worked as a director of the Tatran book publishing company from 1949 to 1968 and was a chairman of the Association of Slovak writers in the years from 1969 to 1982. He published his first poetic work in 1922 in the Nov\u00fd rod magazine. He later published in the Mlad\u00e9 Slovensko, Svoje\u0165, Mlad\u00e9 pr\u00fady, El\u00e1n, Slovensk\u00e9 poh\u013eady and other magazines. His work was inspired mainly by the older generations of Slovak authors, such as the \u0160t\u00far group and mainly by P. O. Hviezdoslav. After L. Sielnica was flooded by the waters of the Liptovsk\u00e1 Mara dam, the L\u00fa\u010dky spa became the place where he spent his holidays every year and where he sought inspiration for the many poems he wrote. He died in 1982 in Bratislava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Tade\u00e1\u0161 Salva<\/strong>: A music composer, associate professor and artist. This native of L\u00fa\u010dky (October 22, 1937) was musically gifted from a young age. He studied accordion, cello and piano at the Higher Music School in \u017dilina. He continued his compositional studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava with A. Moyzes and J. Cikker and finished his studies in Poland. He worked as a head of the Music Department at the Czechoslovak Radio Ko\u0161ice, a music editor for the Music Editorial Board of the Czechoslovak Television in Bratislava, a dramaturg in S\u013dUK (Slovak Folk Art Ensemble), an associate professor at the Department of Music Education of the Faculty of Education in Nitra. He served as a chairman of the Association of Slovak Composers from 1991 to 1995. He died in 1995 in Bratislava and is buried in L\u00fa\u010dky.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The trail is a combination of forest paths forming <\/span>2 basic circuits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n