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, Religious buildings
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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…
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
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…
Cultural and historical heritage
Basilica of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Rajecká Lesná
Rajecká Lesná is located in the northwest of Slovakia in the Žilina Region. It is home to one of the most important pilgrimage sites in our…
Cultural and historical heritage
Bell tower at the church
Mošovce
The Church of the Holy Trinity in Mošovce today looks like a romantic building that connects the past with the present. This is thanks to…
Cultural and historical heritage
Bell tower at the church
Istebné
In the upper part of the village Istebné there is a wooden articular church of St. Michael. It was built in 1688 as one of two articular…
Cultural and historical heritage
Bell tower at the church
Kráľova Lehota
In the valley of the Black Váh, at its confluence with the Ipoltice, there is a church with its grounds, which was declared a national…
Cultural and historical heritage
Bell tower - Vlkolínec
Ružomberok
The wooden two-storey bell tower in the style of folk architecture dates back to 1770. It was made using a combined technique of log and…
Cultural and historical heritage
Burian Tower
Žilina
The oldest bell tower in the Žilina region is the Burian Tower in Žilina. It is located on the Cathedral Square and stands alone, next to…
Cultural and historical heritage
Calvary and the Church of the Holy Cross in Kláštor pod Znievom
Kláštor pod Znievom
The Calvary and the church can be found behind the village of Kláštor pod Znievom on the marked hiking trail that leads to the Zniev hill.…
Cultural and historical heritage
Calvary - Church of the Holy Cross
Kláštor pod Znievom
In the village of Kláštor pod Znievom, not far from Martin, on a hill in a beautiful forest environment, there is a calvary with a long…
Cultural and historical heritage
Calvinist church
Lučenec
For centuries, the Calvinist church has been the central landmark of the historical centre of Lučenec. The present neo-Gothic church was…
Cultural and historical heritage
Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier
Banská Bystrica
On the main square in Banská Bystrica, the two-towered church of St. Francis Xavier attracts the attention of visitors. The first written…