Complete the sentence about Štrbské Pleso with the correct year: The adjacent area of Nové Štrbské Pleso began to develop in ______ when the land was purchased by the architect Karol Móry of Banská Bystrica.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. 1897
Štrbské Pleso is a High Tatras resort in Slovakia, and the neighbouring Nové Štrbské Pleso grew up beside it. That area began to develop in 1897, when architect Karol Móry of Banská Bystrica bought the land, and he dammed the Mlynica Brook in 1900 to make a small lake.
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