Dvorce is the name of a village in the Levoča

Levoca

Levoča is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia with a population of 14,600. The town has a historic center with a well preserved town wall, a Renaissance church with the highest wooden altar in Europe, carved by Master Paul of Levoča, and many other Renaissance buildings.On 28 June 2009,...

 distric of Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

. After over 600 years, the village was evacuated and destroyed in the 1950s to make way for the Javorina

Javorina

Javorina was a military district in the Kežmarok District in northern Slovakia, in the Levoča Hills. Its area is 316.24km² and has no permanent population.-History: The military district was created in 1952...

military training area. Former inhabitants light candles at the sight of their former homes, but must seek permission to do so.

Dvorce has been known by various names: Hungarian: Dvorecz (1869 place name
), now Szepesudvard (current usage)