Ivanka pri Dunaji is a village

Village

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 and municipality

Municipality

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 in western Slovakia

Slovakia

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 in Senec District

Senec District

Senec District is a district inthe Bratislava Region of western Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was part of the Hungarian county of Pressburg.-Municipalities:*Bernolákovo*Blatné*Boldog*Čataj*Dunajská Lužná*Hamuliakovo...

 in the Bratislava Region

Bratislava Region

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History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1209.

In the centre of the village is a large rococo

Rococo

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 style house, built in the third quarter of the 18th century. It was altered at the beginning of the 20th century, by order of the family of Hunady. The building has a combination of romanesque

Romanesque architecture

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 and gothic

Gothic architecture

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 elements on its facade, including oriel

Oriel window

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s, balconies, windows, and a polygonal tower with an Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau

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style top. The house was originally surrounded by an extensive French-style park.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 135 metres and covers an area of 14.258km². It has a population of 5457 people.

Church of Saint John the Baptist

Church of Saint John the Babtist—current church in Ivanka pri Dunaji—is the third church in Ivanka. The first one was built by followers of Saint Cyril and Metod—it was simple church from wood. Second one was repaired in 1730. It was built from stone, chore was from wood. Today church built began at 1770. The building of the tower lasted two years. Tower clocks were bought from Vien in 1880.
In 1991 the roof was fully replaced.

External links/Sources

• http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html