Veľká Lehota (population about 1,350) is a mountain village in the SW tip of Banská Bystrica region. It is located in Pohronský Inovec mountains, where Nová Baňa is the most important town. It is quite a „standard“ Slovak mountain village - a group of houses placed around a central point – in this case, the Roman Catholic church. This is the most important part of the village. But there are also some smaller settlements called „štál“ (read „shtal“), dissipated ... (more)