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…
Castles and chateaux, Public amenities, Memorial house / birthplace
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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…
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…
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,…
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
City Castle - Barbican
Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica was one of the most strategically important cities in Hungary. The town castle was built on the hill where important trade…
Cultural and historical heritage
Classicist manor house
Hontianske Moravce
The Classicist manor house is located in the centre of the village of Hontianske Moravce. It was built in the first half of the 19th…
Cultural and historical heritage
E.M. Šoltés Memorial Villa, Jesenski Villa
Martin
Take a peek into the workplace of a prominent Slovak writer, editor and columnist. Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová was active in Martin practically…
Cultural and historical heritage
GALICIA NUEVA Castle Hotel
Halič
The jewel of the Novohrad region is the beautiful, reconstructed castle hotel in the village of Halíč, visible from far away. The origins…
Cultural and historical heritage
House of Benusek
Martin
Although today the Slovak Matica is housed in several buildings, in its beginnings it had no place of its own. That is why it was…
Castles and chateaux
Hričov Castle
Hričovské Podhradie
Hričovský Castle is one of the oldest castles in the Považie region. Its history dates back to the thirteenth century, when King Bela the…
Cultural and historical heritage
J. G. Tajovský Memorial House
Martin
Another of the listed houses worth a visit is this listed building. The somewhat unassuming single-storey house hides a rich literary…
Castles and chateaux
Lietava Castle
Lietava
Lietava Castle Lietava Castle is one of the most important medieval fortresses in Slovakia. It is situated on a rocky ridge in the eastern…
Cultural and historical heritage
Manor house in Brhlovce
Brhlovce
The late Baroque manor house was built by Italian masters in 1756 for the noble Kormendy family. In addition to the manor house, they also…
Cultural and historical heritage
Manor house in Hokovce
Hokovce
The Baroque manor house in Hokovce was built in 1763 on early Baroque foundations. The manor was built by the Földváry family, who built a…
Cultural and historical heritage
Manor house in Horné Semerovce
Horné Semerovce
The Baroque manor house dates from 1763 and was built in a large English park. In the 19th century it was rebuilt in the classical style.…
Cultural and historical heritage
Manor house in Terany
Terany
This classical manor house in Terany probably dates back to the end of the nineteenth century. It is surrounded by a park with protected…
Cultural and historical heritage
Memorial House of Svetozár Hurban Vajanský
Martin
Few Slovak writers had as many pseudonyms as Svetozár Hurban Vajanský. In addition to many nicknames, he also wrote many articles, prose…