Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Štrampľoch - Turkish wells
Krupina
The Turkish Wells are a unique rock formation in the town of Krupina in the locality of Štrampľoch. There are rock shelters carved in…
Points of interest, Memorial site, Statues / columns / monuments
Places found: 12
Cultural and historical heritage
10 Jewish Cemetery - Holocaust Memorial
Žilina
Holocaust Memorial. In the ceremonial hall of the Jewish cemetery, architect Jozef Zweigenthal created a remarkable memorial to Žilina's…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Hadvig
Brieštie
The small wooden bell tower of the former Hadviga settlement in the Žiar Mountains, once inhabited by the Carpathian Germans, can be…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Lavička a schránka Pošta pre Sládkoviča v Parku Andreja Sládkoviča
Krupina
This bench was placed in the park in sight of Sládkovič's statue on the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of the Krupina native in…
Cultural and historical heritage
Marian Plague Column
Banská Bystrica
Among the dominant features of the square in Banská Bystrica is also a monumental plague column. Originally, the Marian Column, built in…
Cultural and historical heritage
Memorandum Square
Martin
A small square that carries a great message of Slovak history. It was here, under the linden trees, that the Memorandum Assembly of the…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Slovak Astronomical Clock
Stará Bystrica
In the heart of the village of Stará Bystrica there is an extraordinary work of art - the first astronomical clock in Slovakia and one of…
Cultural and historical heritage
Statue of Andrej Sládkovič
Krupina
The author of the memorial is academic sculptor Fraňo Štefunko. He created the work in his studio in Martin in 1957. The inscription…
Cultural and historical heritage
Svätotrojičný stĺp
Krupina
In the middle of the 18th century, the townspeople of Krupina commissioned a plague sculpture for the main square from the Kremnica…
Cultural and historical heritage
The place where Janko Jesensky's birth house stood
Martin
Although he was a lawyer by profession, he was the first Slovak to be named a national artist. Janko Jesenský was an artist whose greatest…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Vlkolínec
Ružomberok
Vlkolínec is a small mountain settlement, which is part of the town of Ružomberok in the Žilina Region. It is unique in that it has been…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Papulka
Krupina
Papuľka - This is the name of the cherry orchard where the "krupinske dudečky" - the symbol of the region - were grown and still grow…