{"id":13508,"date":"2025-09-09T21:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/?p=13508"},"modified":"2025-09-09T21:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:52:08","slug":"americky-sen-so-slovenskou-prichutou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/americky-sen-so-slovenskou-prichutou\/","title":{"rendered":"Americk\u00fd sen so slovenskou pr\u00edchu\u0165ou"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u017divot na prelome 19. a\u00a020. storo\u010dia nebol pre Slov\u00e1kov pr\u00e1ve jednoduch\u00fd. Najm\u00e4 na v\u00fdchode sa rozprestierali doslova hladov\u00e9 doliny, kde vl\u00e1dla obrovsk\u00e1 chudoba a u\u017eivi\u0165 rodinu bolo takmer nemo\u017en\u00e9. T\u00ed najodv\u00e1\u017enej\u0161\u00ed preto v\u0161etko vsadili na jedin\u00fa kartu, opustili rodn\u00fa hrudu a\u00a0\u0161\u0165astie sa vydali h\u013eada\u0165 za more \u010di \u0161\u00edry oce\u00e1n. E\u0161te aj dnes sa k\u00a0slovensk\u00e9mu p\u00f4vodu hl\u00e1sia st\u00e1tis\u00edce cudzincov. Aj tak\u00ed, ktor\u00fdch v\u010faka ich \u00faspechu pozn\u00e1 cel\u00fd svet.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Joaquin Phoenix (50)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ako ho pozn\u00e1 Slovensko a svet<\/strong>: <\/strong>Ako Jokera \u010di Napoleona, no predov\u0161etk\u00fdm ako jedn\u00e9ho z\u00a0najlep\u0161\u00edch hercov s\u00fa\u010dasnosti.<\/p>\n

Jeho vzdialen\u00fdch pr\u00edbuzn\u00fdch mo\u017eno stretnete: <\/strong>V\u00a0okol\u00ed Trebi\u0161ova.<\/p>\n

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Neby\u0165 Lefkovitsovcov zo Zempl\u00edna, nebolo by ani Joaquina Phoenixa v\u00a0Hollywoode. Herec m\u00e1 s\u00edce ofici\u00e1lne uv\u00e1dzan\u00fd anglick\u00fd, nemeck\u00fd a\u00a0franc\u00fazsky p\u00f4vod po otcovi a\u00a0po matke rusk\u00fd a\u00a0ma\u010farsk\u00fd, historikovi Jurajovi Gembick\u00e9mu sa v\u0161ak podarilo zisti\u0165, \u017ee v\u00a0skuto\u010dnosti siahaj\u00fa jeho korene ku n\u00e1m. Phoenixov\u00fdm prapradedkom bol Herman Lefkovits z\u00a0dediny Zempl\u00ednske Jastrabie a praprababkou Rosa Gr\u00fcnwald, p\u00f4vodom zo susedn\u00e9ho S\u00edrnika. Obaja sa spolu usadili v\u00a0Brehove, kde sa im okrem in\u00fdch det\u00ed v roku 1897 narodil aj syn Ign\u00e1c. Nevie sa, kedy presne emigroval do Ameriky, zn\u00e1me v\u0161ak je, \u017ee sa tam o\u017eenil s\u00a0o\u00a0\u0161es\u0165 rokov mlad\u0161ou M\u00e1riou Beckovou, tie\u017e p\u00f4vodom z\u00a0Uhorska. V\u00a0roku 1916 pri\u0161la v\u00a0New Yorku na svet ich dc\u00e9ra Margaret a t\u00e1 si ako 21-ro\u010dn\u00e1 vzala za man\u017eela syna rusk\u00fdch \u017eidovsk\u00fdch pris\u0165ahovalcov Meyera Dunetza, s ktor\u00fdm vychovala tri deti. Jednou z\u00a0nich bola Arlyn, ktor\u00e1 sa pri stopovan\u00ed zozn\u00e1mila s\u00a0Johnom Lee Bottomom a v roku 1968 sa za\u0148ho vydala. Spolu viedli \u017eivot na m\u00edle vzdialen\u00fd tomu, \u010do im v\u0161tepovali rodi\u010dia. Neust\u00e1le cestovali, \u017eivili sa zberom ovocia a zeleniny a\u00a0ke\u010f sa pridali k n\u00e1bo\u017eenskej skupine The Children of God, vybrali sa jej u\u010denie \u0161\u00edri\u0165 do Mexika a\u00a0Portorika. Tam sa im 28. okt\u00f3bra 1974 ako tretie die\u0165a v\u00a0porad\u00ed narodil syn Joaquin.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Dave Grohl (56)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ako ho pozn\u00e1 Slovensko a svet:<\/strong> Ako rockera telom i\u00a0du\u0161ou, najsk\u00f4r za bic\u00edmi v Nirvane, potom ako frontmana kapely Foo Fighters.<\/p>\n

Jeho vzdialen\u00fdch pr\u00edbuzn\u00fdch mo\u017eno stretnete: <\/strong>Kdesi v\u00a0okol\u00ed Bardejova.<\/p>\n

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Ke\u010f Dave Grohl pred necel\u00fdmi \u0161tyrmi rokmi vydal svoju autobiografiu, mnoh\u00ed Slov\u00e1ci boli zvedav\u00ed, \u010di v\u00a0nich spomenie aj na\u0161u krajinu. Nestalo sa. No to ni\u010d nemen\u00ed na fakte, \u017ee hudobn\u00edkovi pod\u013ea ofici\u00e1lnych \u00fadajov pr\u00fadi v\u00a0\u017eil\u00e1ch spolu s\u00a0nemeckou, \u00edrskou a\u00a0anglickou aj slovensk\u00e1 krv. \u010ceskoslovensk\u00e1 genealogick\u00e1 spolo\u010dnos\u0165 z Minnesoty vyp\u00e1trala, \u017ee Grohlov\u00fdm pradedkom bol J\u00e1n Grohol, ktor\u00fd v\u0161ak v historick\u00fdch s\u010d\u00edtaniach \u013eudu uv\u00e1dzal r\u00f4zne \u00fadaje. Prv\u00fdkr\u00e1t (v roku 1910) nap\u00edsal, \u017ee m\u00e1 40 rokov a do USA pri\u0161iel z\u00a0Rak\u00faska. O\u00a0desa\u0165 rokov nesk\u00f4r u\u017e do polo\u017eky Miesto narodenia uviedol Slovensko a\u00a0ako rodn\u00fa re\u010d sloven\u010dinu, no jeho man\u017eelka Anna vtedy e\u0161te uv\u00e1dzala Rak\u00fasko a\u00a0nem\u010dinu. V\u00a0roku 1930 v\u0161ak napokon obaja man\u017eelia zhodne uviedli ako rodisko \u010ceskoslovensko a ako svoju re\u010d sloven\u010dinu. Nezrovnalosti v\u00a0\u00fadajoch by mohli s\u00favisie\u0165 s\u00a0historick\u00fdmi udalos\u0165ami, ako upozornil The Slovak Spectator. V\u00a0roku 1910 bolo Slovensko s\u00fa\u010das\u0165ou Rak\u00fasko-Uhorska, nesk\u00f4r sme u\u017e tvorili republiku s\u00a0\u010ceskom a\u00a0de\u0148 pred Johnovou smr\u0165ou 15. marca 1939 bol vyhl\u00e1sen\u00fd Slovensk\u00fd \u0161t\u00e1t, de facto satelit nacistov, \u010do vysvet\u013euje, pre\u010do je v\u00a0jeho rodnom liste uveden\u00e9, \u017ee sa narodil v Nemecku. Konkr\u00e9tne miesto u\u017e dnes asi nikto nezist\u00ed, priezvisko Groho\u013e je v\u0161ak najroz\u0161\u00edrenej\u0161ie v\u00a0\u0160ari\u0161i, a\u00a0tak je mo\u017en\u00e9, \u017ee p\u00f4vod sl\u00e1vneho hudobn\u00edka treba h\u013eada\u0165 pr\u00e1ve tam.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Richard Curtis (68)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ako ho pozn\u00e1 Slovensko a svet<\/strong>: <\/strong>Ako symbol romantickej kom\u00e9die a\u00a0mu\u017ea, ktor\u00fd stvoril L\u00e1sku nebesk\u00fa, Notting Hill \u010di filmy o\u00a0Bridget Jones.<\/p>\n

Jeho vzdialen\u00fdch pr\u00edbuzn\u00fdch mo\u017eno stretnete: <\/strong>V\u00a0okol\u00ed Tren\u010d\u00edna, ale aj v\u00a0\u017diline \u010di Pie\u0161\u0165anoch.<\/p>\n

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Richard Curtis, ktor\u00fd patr\u00ed k\u00a0najzn\u00e1mej\u0161\u00edm reprezentantom britsk\u00e9ho humoru, je po mame Austr\u00e1l\u010dan a\u00a0v\u010faka otcovi m\u00e1 pr\u00edbuzn\u00fdch na Slovensku. Anthony J. Curtis sa toti\u017e p\u00f4vodne volal Antonio Cicutto a\u00a0hoci to jeho meno nenazna\u010duje, narodil sa pod\u013ea re\u017eis\u00e9rovho tvrdenia v\u00a0Tren\u010d\u00edne. Tam jeho otca zo severotalianskej dedinky Toppo zaviala pr\u00e1ca kamen\u00e1ra a\u00a0man\u017eelku Mariu s\u00a0de\u0165mi Romolom, Edith a Remom vzal prirodzene so sebou. Pod Tatrami do rodinky pribudol e\u0161te Karol a\u00a0v\u00a0roku 1918 pod\u013ea zisten\u00ed Plus 7 dn\u00ed aj Antonio. Ke\u010f mal najmlad\u0161\u00ed chlapec 13 rokov, otec zomrel a\u00a0matka sa rozhodla za\u010da\u0165 nov\u00fd \u017eivot v\u00a0Austr\u00e1lii, kde \u017eili jej bratia Tony, Galli a\u00a0Peter. Niet sa ve\u013emi \u010do divi\u0165, lebo ich kamen\u00e1rskej firme Melocco Bros sa ve\u013emi dobre darilo a\u00a0ich n\u00e1dhern\u00e9 diela dodnes zdobia Katedr\u00e1lu sv. Patrika v Melbourne, operu v\u00a0Sydney, s\u00eddlo parlamentu v\u00a0Canberre a\u00a0mnoh\u00e9 \u010fal\u0161ie miesta. Pod\u013ea knihy, ktor\u00e1 o\u00a0firme vy\u0161la t\u00fato jar, a\u017e 90 % mramorov\u00fdch, \u0161tukov\u00fdch a terazzov\u00fdch \u010dast\u00ed verejn\u00fdch budov v Sydney spred 60. rokov 20. storo\u010dia poch\u00e1dza z\u00a0dielne str\u00fdkov Richarda Curtisa. Mary v\u0161ak do fungovania firmy nezasahovala a\u00a0o\u00a0jej \u017eivote sa ve\u013ea nevie. Ist\u00e9 je len jedno: 8. novembra 1956 sa narodil jej vnuk Richard.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Jon Voight (86)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ako ho pozn\u00e1 Slovensko a svet:<\/strong> Ako herca oven\u010den\u00e9ho Oscarom, ale aj trochu kontroverzn\u00e9ho otca Angeliny Jolie.<\/p>\n

Jeho vzdialen\u00fdch pr\u00edbuzn\u00fdch mo\u017eno stretnete: <\/strong>V\u00a0okol\u00ed Ko\u0161\u00edc.<\/p>\n

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Paul Newman, Tony Curtis, Jon Voight a\u00a0pod\u013ea obyvate\u013eov Jastrabieho aj Steve McQueen – s\u00a0pri\u017em\u00faren\u00edm jedn\u00e9ho oka by sme mohli poveda\u0165, \u017ee cel\u00e1 gener\u00e1cia zlat\u00fdch hollywoodskych hrdinov mala korene na v\u00fdchodnom Slovensku. Ten najmlad\u0161\u00ed z\u00a0nich, Jon Voight, konkr\u00e9tne v\u00a0obci Nacina Ves, kde sa pod\u013ea \u00fadajov port\u00e1lov Geni a Ethnicelebs v\u00a0roku 1879 narodil Juraj Vojtko. Ten sa ako 11-ro\u010dn\u00fd spolu s\u00a0rodi\u010dmi pres\u0165ahoval do USA a\u00a0nesk\u00f4r si vzal za man\u017eelku Helenu, dc\u00e9ru Andreja Petr\u00edka a\u00a0Katar\u00edny Kul\u00edkovej p\u00f4vodom tie\u017e zo Slovenska. Spolu mali \u0161tyri deti, z\u00a0ktor\u00fdch minim\u00e1lne jedno to dotiahlo celkom \u010faleko. Elem\u00edr pri\u0161iel na svet v\u00a0okt\u00f3bri 1909 v\u00a0\u0161t\u00e1te New York a\u00a0z\u00a0chudobn\u00e9ho prostredia sa dok\u00e1zal vypracova\u0165 na golfov\u00e9ho profesion\u00e1la v klube pre boh\u00e1\u010dov. Kv\u00f4li kari\u00e9re si zmenil meno na Elmer Voight a pribli\u017ene v\u00a0roku 1937 sa o\u017eenil s\u00a0o\u00a0rok mlad\u0161ou Barbarou s\u00a0nemeck\u00fdmi kore\u0148mi. Spolu mali troch synov a\u00a0vychov\u00e1vali ich tak, aby v\u017edy \u0161li za svojimi snami. Z\u00a0najstar\u0161ieho Barryho sa stal uzn\u00e1van\u00fd geol\u00f3g, z\u00a0prostredn\u00e9ho Jona herec a\u00a0najmlad\u0161\u00ed James Wesley \u201eChip\u201c prerazil v\u00a0hudbe. Nap\u00edsal mnoho piesn\u00ed vr\u00e1tane obrovsk\u00e9ho hitu Wild Thing (\u201eYou make my heart sing, You make everything\u201c) \u010di Angel of the Morning, ktor\u00e9 mlad\u0161ie ro\u010dn\u00edky poznaj\u00fa najm\u00e4 z\u00a0hitu Shaggyho.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>John Bon Jovi (63)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ako ho pozn\u00e1 Slovensko a svet<\/strong>: <\/strong>Ako meno, tv\u00e1r a\u00a0hlas jednej z naj\u00faspe\u0161nej\u0161\u00edch rockov\u00fdch kapiel, ale aj ako herca a\u00a0filantropa.<\/p>\n

Jeho vzdialen\u00fdch pr\u00edbuzn\u00fdch mo\u017eno stretnete: <\/strong>Na severov\u00fdchode Slovenska.<\/p>\n

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\u201eAhoj, Slovensko! Technicky som z\u00a0jednej \u0161tvrtiny Slov\u00e1k. Moja babi\u010dka, jej predkovia, rodina Jackovcov, s\u00fa Slov\u00e1ci, tak\u017ee i ja som Slov\u00e1k!\u201c Toto s\u00fa slov\u00e1, ktor\u00fdmi n\u00e1s pred p\u00e1r rokmi oh\u00faril hviezdny Jon Bon Jovi vo videu, ktor\u00e9 v\u00a0USA nakr\u00fatil Jozef Bo\u010fo. P\u00e1tranie po spev\u00e1kovej slovenskej stope je v\u0161ak omnoho komplikovanej\u0161ie – priezvisko jeho starej mamy Elizabeth sa toti\u017e v\u00a0genealogick\u00fdch prame\u0148och niekedy uv\u00e1dza ako spom\u00ednan\u00e9 Jacko a\u00a0inokedy ako Benkovsk\u00e1. Ist\u00e9 je len to, \u017ee jej rodi\u010dia J\u00e1n a\u00a0M\u00e1ria poch\u00e1dzali zo Slovenska, no odkia\u013e presne a\u00a0kedy za ve\u013ek\u00fa ml\u00e1ku pri\u0161li, o\u00a0tom zdroje ml\u010dia. Obe priezvisk\u00e1 sa v\u0161ak hojne vyskytovali napr\u00edklad na Spi\u0161i a \u0160ari\u0161i, odkia\u013e na prelome 19. a\u00a020. storo\u010dia do Ameriky emigrovalo mnoho \u013eud\u00ed. Elizabeth sa narodila v\u00a0roku 1913, za man\u017eela si vzala o\u00a0\u0161es\u0165 rokov star\u0161ieho Louisa J. Bongioviho talianskeho p\u00f4vodu a\u00a0spolu mali synov Johna a Josepha. Ten star\u0161\u00ed p\u00f4sobil v\u00a0n\u00e1mornej pechote, kam v\u00a0roku 1959 narukovala aj modelka Carol Sharkey. Dvojica sa zamilovala a\u00a0po prepusten\u00ed z\u00a0arm\u00e1dy usadila v\u00a0New Jersey, kde sa im narodili traja synovia – John, Matthew a Anthony.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Tony Curtis (1925 – 2010)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ako ho pozn\u00e1 Slovensko a svet: <\/strong>Ako ikonu zlatej \u00e9ry Hollywoodu, ale aj ve\u013ek\u00e9ho milovn\u00edka \u010di otca zn\u00e1mej here\u010dky Jamie Lee Curtis.<\/p>\n

Jeho vzdialen\u00fdch pr\u00edbuzn\u00fdch mo\u017eno stretnete: <\/strong>V\u00a0okol\u00ed Polt\u00e1ra alebo Michaloviec.<\/p>\n

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Sl\u00e1vny herec Tony Curtis bol plodom l\u00e1sky medzi dvomi \u017eidovsk\u00fdmi pris\u0165ahovalcami z\u00a0Uhorska. Jeho otec Emanuel Schwartz pri\u0161iel do z\u00e1moria z\u00a0obce \u00d3p\u00e1lyi na severov\u00fdchode\u00a0dne\u0161n\u00e9ho Ma\u010farska a\u00a0mama Helena Kleinov\u00e1 zasa z\u00a0\u00fazemia dne\u0161n\u00e9ho Slovenska. Odkia\u013e presne poch\u00e1dzala, to sa pod\u013ea zverejnen\u00fdch inform\u00e1ci\u00ed s istotou poveda\u0165 ned\u00e1. Viacer\u00e9 zdroje ud\u00e1vaj\u00fa, \u017ee sa narodila v\u00a0roku 1902 v\u00a0meste Nagymih\u00e1ly, teda v s\u00fa\u010dasn\u00fdch Michalovciach, pod\u013ea in\u00fdch v\u0161ak bola z\u00a0Va\u013ekova (dnes \u010das\u0165 \u010cesk\u00e9ho Brezova) ne\u010faleko Polt\u00e1ra. Do Spojen\u00fdch \u0161t\u00e1tov sa pres\u0165ahovala niekedy okolo roku 1920 a\u00a0za\u010diatkom m\u00e1ja 1924 sa v\u00a0New Yorku vydala za kraj\u010d\u00edra Emanuela. Vyt\u00fa\u017een\u00e9 \u0161\u0165astie v\u0161ak za ve\u013ekou ml\u00e1kou nena\u0161la. Schwartzovci boli ve\u013emi chudobn\u00ed, rodi\u010dia sa spolu s\u00a0tromi synmi tiesnili v\u00a0zadnej \u010dasti obchodu a\u00a0\u010dasto nemali \u010do do \u00fast. Ke\u010f ich mlad\u0161\u00ed syn Julius mal \u0161tyri a star\u0161\u00ed Bernard (Tony) osem rokov, poslali ich dokonca na mesiac do\u00a0sirotinca, kde \u010dasto prich\u00e1dzali do konfliktu s\u00a0in\u00fdmi chlapcami, ktor\u00ed po nich pokrikovali antisemitsk\u00e9 hesl\u00e1 a\u00a0h\u00e1dzali kamene… O\u00a0\u0161tyri roky v\u0161ak pri\u0161la e\u0161te v\u00e4\u010d\u0161ia rana, Julius zahynul pod kolesami n\u00e1kladn\u00e9ho auta a\u00a0telo musel identifikova\u0165 pr\u00e1ve jeho brat Bernard.<\/p>\n

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Alexandra Kochov\u00e1<\/p>\n

foto Sita, Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n

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Cel\u00fd \u010dl\u00e1nok si pre\u010d\u00edtate v septembrovom \u010d\u00edsle MIAU (2025)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  \u017divot na prelome 19. a\u00a020. storo\u010dia nebol pre Slov\u00e1kov pr\u00e1ve jednoduch\u00fd. Najm\u00e4 na v\u00fdchode sa rozprestierali doslova hladov\u00e9 doliny, kde vl\u00e1dla obrovsk\u00e1 chudoba a u\u017eivi\u0165 rodinu bolo takmer nemo\u017en\u00e9. T\u00ed najodv\u00e1\u017enej\u0161\u00ed preto v\u0161etko vsadili na jedin\u00fa kartu, opustili rodn\u00fa hrudu a\u00a0\u0161\u0165astie sa vydali h\u013eada\u0165 za more \u010di \u0161\u00edry oce\u00e1n. E\u0161te aj dnes sa k\u00a0slovensk\u00e9mu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-na-pohlad","category-september-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13508"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13525,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13508\/revisions\/13525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}