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{{Short description|Stone structure in Budča, Slovakia}} |
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{{Short description|Stone structure in Budča, Slovakia}} |
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[[File:Čertova skala 02.jpg|thumb|The rock in 2025]] |
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[[File:Čertova skala 02.jpg|thumb|The rock in 2025]] |
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'''Devil's Rock''' ([[Slovakia|Slovak]]: ''Čertova skala''; also known as the '''Mushroom rock''')[{{Cite web |last=a.s |first=Petit Press |title=Devil's Rock standing firm |url=https://spectator.sme.sk/politics-and-society/c/devils-rock-standing-firm |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=The Slovak Spectator |language=en}}] is a naturally formed stone structure that stands on the edge the mountain in the Boky national nature reserve near [[Budča]] in Slovakia.[{{Cite web |last=Teraz.sk |date=2025-09-30 |title=V rezervácii Boky pri Zvolene otvárajú obnovený náučný chodník |url=https://www.teraz.sk/regiony/v-rezervacii-boky-pri-zvolene-otvaraj/909763-clanok.html |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=TERAZ.sk |language=sk}}] It is unique to [[Central Europe]].[{{Cite web |title=Čertova skala (Devil's Rock) {{!}} Hiking Hronská Breznica {{!}} KamNaVylet.sk |url=https://www.kamnavylet.sk/en/attraction/certova-skala-devil-s-rock |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250219221036/https://www.kamnavylet.sk/en/attraction/certova-skala-devil-s-rock |archive-date=2025-02-19 |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=www.kamnavylet.sk |language=en}}] |
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'''Devil's Rock''' ([[Slovakia|Slovak]]: ''Čertova skala''; also known as the '''Mushroom rock''')[{{Cite web |last=a.s |first=Petit Press |title=Devil's Rock standing firm |url=https://spectator.sme.sk/politics-and-society/c/devils-rock-standing-firm |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=The Slovak Spectator |language=en}}] is a naturally formed stone structure that stands on the edge of a mountain in the Boky national nature reserve near [[Budča]] in Slovakia.[{{Cite web |last=Teraz.sk |date=2025-09-30 |title=V rezervácii Boky pri Zvolene otvárajú obnovený náučný chodník |url=https://www.teraz.sk/regiony/v-rezervacii-boky-pri-zvolene-otvaraj/909763-clanok.html |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=TERAZ.sk |language=sk}}] It is unique in [[Central Europe]].[{{Cite web |title=Čertova skala (Devil's Rock) {{!}} Hiking Hronská Breznica {{!}} KamNaVylet.sk |url=https://www.kamnavylet.sk/en/attraction/certova-skala-devil-s-rock |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250219221036/https://www.kamnavylet.sk/en/attraction/certova-skala-devil-s-rock |archive-date=2025-02-19 |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=www.kamnavylet.sk |language=en}}] |
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Čertova skala was formed through the weathering of a volcanic bomb made of andesite. The boulder is linked to local legends, leading to it being named after the devil.[{{Cite web |last=Jurzová |first=Kristína |date=2018-06-10 |title=Unikát v celej strednej Európe: Viete, kde na Slovensku nájdete povesťami opradenú Čertovu skalu? |url=https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/134201/certova-skala-slovensky-prirodny-unikat |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=dobrenoviny.sk |language=sk}}] |
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Čertova skala was formed through the weathering of a volcanic bomb made of andesite. The boulder is linked to local legends, leading to its being named after the devil.[{{Cite web |last=Jurzová |first=Kristína |date=2018-06-10 |title=Unikát v celej strednej Európe: Viete, kde na Slovensku nájdete povesťami opradenú Čertovu skalu? |url=https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/134201/certova-skala-slovensky-prirodny-unikat |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=dobrenoviny.sk |language=sk}}] |
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* {{Commons category-inline|Čertova skala|Devil’s Rock, Budča}} |
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[[Category:Landforms of Slovakia]] |
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[[Category:Landforms of Slovakia]] |