(38238) Holíč = 1999 OW
Dating from 1205 and first settled in the neolithic era, Holíč is
in the Záhorie region of western Slovakia. Famous for its ceramics
production in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it is also known for its
fortress that became the Habsburgs' summer residence. The town is the
birthplace of the second discoverer.
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