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2 unusual facts about Fatra


Coat of arms of Hungary

The sinister (right side from the viewer's point) consists of an Argent (silver) double cross on Gules (red) base, situated inside a small Or (golden) crown, the crown is placed on the middle heap of three Vert (green) hills, representing the mountain ranges Tátra, Mátra, and Fátra.

Coat of arms of Slovakia

The triple peak represents the three mountain ranges Tatra, Matra and Fatra which symbolized the northern mountainous part of the Kingdom of Hungary.


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Fatra | Fátra |

Tlstá

Together with the opposite Ostrá Mountain and Gader Valley beneath them, they create one of the most valuable and picturesque parts of the Greater Fatra Range.

Trimount

The trimount in the Hungarian (and probably Slovak) coat of arms represents three mountain ranges of the Kingdom of Hungary: the Tatra, Fatra, and Mátra.


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