Cultural and historical heritage
Blatnica Castle
Blatnica
In the Veľká Fatra Mountains, about two kilometres above the village of Blatnica, there is an easily accessible ruin. Blatnica Castle was…
Museums and galleries, Cultural and historical heritage, Castles and chateaux
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Castles and chateaux
Castle and manor house in Liptovský Hrádok
Liptovský Hrádok
Liptovský Hrádok is the only ruin of a water castle in Slovakia. It stands on a small limestone rock by the Bela River in the northern part…
Cultural and historical heritage
Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Krupina
One of the most beautiful buildings in Krupina is the Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. This Romanesque three-nave…
Cultural and historical heritage
Church of St. George
Rosina
The wooden church of St. George in the Trnové district of Žilina is the westernmost Gothic wooden sacral building in Slovakia. This unique…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Ethnographic Museum Sebechleby
Sebechleby
The Ethnographic Museum of Sebechleby does not have the character of a traditional museum. It fits into the locality of 130 vineyard huts…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Hontian Museum in Šahy
Šahy
The origin of the Hontian Museum in Šahy dates back to 1902. Its establishment was initiated by the Hontian County Museum Society headed by…
Castles and chateaux
Likava Castle
Likavka
Likava Castle is the largest castle building in Liptov and one of the highest castles in Slovakia. With its height of more than thirty-six…
Castles and chateaux
Liptov Castle
Kalameny
Liptovský castle stands on the Sestrč hill at the height of almost a thousand metres above sea level. It is the highest castle in Slovakia…
Cultural and historical heritage
Manor house in Oščadnica
Oščadnica
The Oščadnica manor house was built at the beginning of the twentieth century as a summer hunting lodge of Count Valentin Ballestrem. The…
Cultural and historical heritage
Marriage Palace in Bytča
Bytča
The Marriage Palace in Bytča is an exceptional monument not only in Slovakia, but also in the wider Central European area. It was built by…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Museum of the Liptov Village
Pribylina
The Museum of the Liptov Village in Pribylina is a unique open-air museum, which came into being due to an unfortunate, but at the same…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Museum of the Orava Village
Zuberec
The Museum of the Orava Village is a unique open-air museum that presents traditional life in Orava villages of the past centuries. It is…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Múzeum Andreja Sládkoviča
Krupina
The Andrej Sládkovič Museum is originally a late Gothic and Renaissance burgher house from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. At the…
Cultural and historical heritage
National Cemetery in Martin
Martin
The most visited places in Martin traditionally include the National Cemetery, in addition to the Slovak Matrix and the Slovak National…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Objects of folk architecture Čičmany
Čičmany
Čičmany, the highest village in the Žilina district, is located in the basin of the Strážov Hills at the source of the Rajčianka River. The…
Castles and chateaux
Orava Castle
Oravský Podzámok
Orava Castle grew on a rocky cliff above the Orava River in the middle of the thirteenth century. Originally there was a wooden fortress,…
Cultural and historical heritage
Radoľa Manor House
Radoľa
The manor house in Radola belongs to the oldest secular buildings in Kysuce. It was built in the second half of the sixteenth century as a…
Castles and chateaux
Sklabiňa Castle
Sklabinský Podzámok
Sklabiňa Castle is one of the largest castle complexes in the Turiec region and in the whole Žilina region. It lies in the foothills of…
Castles and chateaux
Strečno Castle
Strečno
The Strečno Castle, which rises on a limestone cliff about four hundred and twenty metres above sea level, is an important historical…
Castles and chateaux
Sulov Castle
Súľov-Hradná
Sulov Castle was built in the thirteenth century to protect the nearby trade route. The first written mention of it dates back to 1470,…
Cultural and historical heritage
The watchtower Vartovka
Krupina
The Krupina watchtower Vartovka was built around 1564. Its main task was, together with other watchtowers in the area, to inform about the…
Cultural and historical heritage
Zaniknutý románsky kostol sv. Michala
Hontianske Tesáre
The remains of the Romanesque church of St. Michael were discovered by chance in 1990 during a deep plowing near the settlement of Patkôš.…
Castles and chateaux
Zniev Castle
Kláštor pod Znievom
Znievsky Castle, originally called Turčiansky Castle, is the oldest castle in the Turiec region and one of the highest castles in Slovakia.…
Cultural and historical heritage
01 Holy Trinity Cathedral
Žilina
Holy Trinity Cathedral. It was first mentioned in 1423, when Štefan Langworst, a townsman from Žilina, donated part of his property to the…