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…
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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…
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
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,…
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
08 Orthodox Synagogue - Museum of Jewish Culture
Žilina
Museum of Jewish Culture. In the premises of the former women's section of the Orthodox synagogue, the Jewish Religious Community in…
Cultural and historical heritage
Andrej Kmet's Museum
Martin
Andrej Kmet's Museum. One of the most beautiful buildings in the city in terms of architecture and decoration is undoubtedly the old…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Archaeoskanzen Havránok
Vlachy
Havránok is a unique archaeological museum in nature, which rises above the surface of the Liptovská Mara near the village of Bobrovník.…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Fire Museum
Martin
There is a volunteer fire brigade in almost every Slovak village. They are unique in that they operate regardless of religion, nationality…
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…
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
Ján Kollár Museum
Mošovce
The Ján Kollár Museum in Mošovce stands on the original site where his birth house used to be. After a fire in 1863, only the granary,…
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
Literary Museum of the Slovak National Library
Martin
The history of the town of Martin is inextricably linked with literary creation, books and printing. And thanks to this museum, you can get…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Lookout tower and bell tower
Veľké Borové
On the upper edge of the village of Veľké Borové, in the part of Chlebnice, in the easternmost part of the Choč Hills, there is a nice, far…