Slovakia was fascinated by the longest love poem in the world at Expo – we brought a piece of the Vault of Love from Banská Štiavnica to Dubai.
Sometimes we only find out in the foreign media what treasures we have at home in Slovakia.
The most watched Dubai television was enchanted by the love story of Andrej Sládkovič and his Marina, which is embodied in the Slovak Bank of Love in Banská Štiavnica. In it is the only Vault of Love in the world. The safe is created from the longest verses of the world’s love poem – Marina by Andrej Sládkovič. One hundred thousand boxes of love symbolize a hundred thousand letters of the poem. There is one letter from the original manuscript from 1846 for each box of love. The unique Bank of Love in the Slovak Pavilion at Expo Dubai on Monday, February 14, became part of the celebrations of Valentine’s Day.
you are telemostu from the exhibition areas SLOVAKIA TRAVEL from all over the world could look directly done The vault of love, and vice versa, visitors to the Banská Štiavnica Bank of Love could see the Slovak Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai. The Valentine’s event in the Slovak Pavilion this morning was watched all over Dubai on the most watched Dubai television.
“Love is a truly universal language that the whole world can do. We are happy that this message was spread to the whole world today from the Slovak pavilion at Expo Dubai through the verses of Sládkovičová Marina – the biggest love poem in the world “, he said Igor Brossmanfounder of the Bank of Love in Banská Štiavnica.
It is in the Bank of Love in Banská Štiavnica that there is the only Love Vault in the world where people keep their confession of love so that their love will last forever. The safe is located in the basement of a 500-year-old historic house in a former gold mine. It was in this house that Marína lived, whom Sládkovič wrote this love poem 200 years ago. The House and the Vault of Love is an institutionally protected monument UNESCO and is part of the world cultural heritage.
The first visitors of the Slovak Pavilion could put their Valentine’s confession in the individual boxes that were sealed in front of them and the next day they will be transported by plane to Slovakia, where they will be stored forever in the Vault of Love, so that their love symbolically lasts forever. On this occasion, visitors from different parts of the world received a certificate, the English edition of Sládkovič’s poem Marina and a lifetime entry to the Bank of Love in Banská Štiavnica.
“The story of Marina and Sládkovič at the Expo in Dubai combines a great romantic story and a legend in the amazing historical center of Banská Štiavnica, which is our treasure. The Bank of Love presentation grabs everyone’s heart. We are very happy that we managed to bring Dubai a big heart from Slovakia, which is also a reference to what a rich and amazing country we are at the same time “, he said Václav Mika, CEO of SLOVAKIA TRAVEL.
Valentine’s celebrations in the Slovak Pavilion will run all day, and due to great success, there will be several more live telebridges from our pavilion to the Bank of Love in Banská Štiavnica. Already during the first two hours, more than 200 people from all over the world came to see the only Love Vault in the world in the Slovak Pavilion, half of which was already filled with symbols of love.
“It simply came to our notice then Dubai Television, they were excited. They promised to come to the Slovak pavilion on Valentine’s Day and to mediate this extraordinary Valentine’s event to the whole of Dubai. We are happy that we manage to popularize Slovakia in the world in this way as well. In an extremely short time, thanks to the support of the Banská Bystrica self-governing region and SLOVAKIA TRAVEL, we managed to organize this mission “, he added Brossman.
Several television crews met in the Slovak pavilion for Valentine’s Day, while a conversation with Katarína Javorská, PR manager of the Bank of Love, ran live on Dubai Television. On the occasion of this unique event, our pavilion was also visited by the Slovak Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Michal Kováč.
“The Banská Bystrica self-governing region systematically supports tourism activities. Especially those that can attract visitors to the region not only from Slovakia, but literally from all over the world. The Bank of Love in Banská Štiavnica is such a unique project. I am very happy that we are so successful in representing the whole Banská Bystrica region at the Expo in Dubai, “ he said Ondrej LunterDeputy Chairman of the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region.
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