Paparadno is a nice village which lies in the valley of mountains Javorniky. Papradno belongs to the district Považská Bystrica and is the northeast part of the TrenÄin region. This village spreads on 5582 ha. About 2560 people are living there. Across Papradno flows stream Papradnianka. Hills, forests and mountains are all around except the south where is neighborhood village BrvniÅ¡te. A man already lived here during late Stone Age because there were found parts of edge stone axe. First historic report is from 1525. Symbols of the village are sign and flag. The idea of the symbols appearance comes from the oldest sealing ram and had been using from 1870. On current sealing sign is sheep. In 1779 Slovak writer Hugolin GavloviÄ taught at school in Papradno. He is an author of the book ValaÅ¡ská Å¡kola mravuv stodola. Texts for the book pumped mainly from the experiences from these people.Roman Catholic Church is a dominant of the village. The church was built in 1792 by Lord Esterházi in baroque style. Beautiful chrome organ which is the forth biggest in Slovakia is a pride not only for a church, but also for people living in Papradno. In front of the church there is a statue of Saint Ján Nepomucký from the middle of 18th century. Marble cross from 1911 was built from thanks offering of American parishioners. In the middle of the village there are market place, Municipal office, Court House and Primary school. Worth seeing are also nearby mountains JavornÃky.
