Dolnji Lakoš is a village

Village

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 to the southwest of Lendava

Lendava

Lendava is a town and a municipality in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is close to the border crossing with Hungary at Dolga vas-Rédics, and Hungarian is one of the official languages of the municipality, along with Slovene...

 in the Prekmurje

Prekmurje

Prekmurje is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region settled by Slovenes and lying between the Mur River in Slovenia and the Rába Valley in the most western part of Hungary...

 region of Slovenia

Slovenia

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The local church in the settlement is dedicated to The Holy Cross

Feast of the Cross

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 and belongs to the Lendava Parish

Parish

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Near the village is the site of the Bronze Age

Bronze Age

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 settlement Oloris, that was excavated in the 1980s. It was one of the most extensive excavations of a Bronze Age settlement in Slovenia. The archaeological evidence shows that the settlement was surrounded by an oak

Oak

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 palisade

Palisade

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. Posthole

Posthole

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s of the former dwellings clearly indicated an extensive and relatively dense settlement around a central courtyard with four hearth

Hearth

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s in the surrounding dwellings. There are dated artefacts

Artifact (archaeology)

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 and evidence of habitation from the late 14th and in the 13th century BC. Finds from the excavation are on permanent display in Lendava Castle.

External links

• Dolnji Lakoš on Geopedia