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…
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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
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…
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…
Natural attractions
Merovské vineyards
Dudince
On a steep hill above Dudince, in the part of Merovce, there is a group of cellars and adjacent vineyards, which continue through the…
Natural attractions
Mučínska Cave
Mučín
Mučínska Cave is located about 3 kilometres from the village of Mučín. It is a 12-metre long pseudo-karst cave, which was formed by the…
Cultural and historical heritage
Mudrone House
Martin
Near the first building of the Slovak Matica there is a house where the founding member and secretary of the Slovak Matica, Pavol Mudroň,…
Castles and chateaux
Old Castle / Starhrad
Nezbudská Lúčka
The Old Castle, originally called Varín Castle, is one of the oldest castles in the Považie region. It was built one thousand two hundred…
Cultural and historical heritage
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
Škultéty's villa
Martin
The memorial house stands on a street named after its then owner, a well-known Slovak national figure. Jozef Škultéty ran important Slovak…
Cultural and historical heritage
Štefan Krčméry Memorial House
Martin
Many memorial houses in Turiec have an interesting feature - at first glance they are small and inconspicuous, but they hide the spirit of…
Cultural and historical heritage
The building of the first gymnasium
Martin
Lower Slovak Evangelical Patronage Gymnasium - this was the name of an important gymnasium that taught the Slovak language. Its foundation…
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…
Natural attractions
The quarry of Devicia
Devičie
The natural swimming pool is located between the villages of Devičie and Hontianske Nemce. Formerly a quarry for basalt mining, it is now…
Natural attractions
Mineral spring Hbôl - perisko
Lišov
The slightly mineralized spring is located in the lower part of the village of Lišov. The locals call it perisko. In the past, this spring…
Natural attractions
Wetland
Krupina
Here you will learn about the history and use of water bodies for cannabis urination. The existence of a water area in the upper part of…
Natural attractions
Wetland on Rovni
Krupina
The dirt roads along meadows, fields and laznik settlements lead to another site called Roveň, which is an example of self-development of…