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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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…
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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…
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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…
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Kúpele Dudince
Dudince
Spa Dudince is a medical facility providing institutional health care as well as therapeutic and relaxation stays for self-payers. They are…
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Štrampľoch - Turkish wells
Krupina
The Turkish Wells are a unique rock formation in the town of Krupina in the locality of Štrampľoch. There are rock shelters carved in…
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.…
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
07 Neolog synagogue
Žilina
Neologic synagogue. The building was designed in 1928 by the internationally renowned German architect Professor Peter Behrens. The…
Cultural and historical heritage
08 Orthodox synagogue
Žilina
The Orthodox synagogue is a simple building with a prayer room and other rooms. It was built in 1927 according to the designs of Engineer…
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
10 Jewish cemetery
Žilina
Jewish cemetery. Jews appeared in Žilina only in the middle of the nineteenth century. The exact date of the Jewish cemetery in Žilina is…
Cultural and historical heritage
10 Jewish Cemetery - Ceremonial Hall
Žilina
The Jewish cemetery is entered through the ceremonial hall. There are smaller buildings attached to it on both sides. In one of them lives…
Cultural and historical heritage
10 Jewish Cemetery - Holocaust Memorial
Žilina
Holocaust Memorial. In the ceremonial hall of the Jewish cemetery, architect Jozef Zweigenthal created a remarkable memorial to Žilina's…