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…
Historical houses / buildings, Castles and chateaux
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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…
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…
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
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
11 Town hall
Žilina
Town Hall. The Town Hall building is a continuation of the original building, which was destroyed during the great fire of 1886. It was…
Cultural and historical heritage
39 Steam bath Petrovský
Žilina
Petrovsky Steam Baths. The Art Nouveau-style building with a steam bath and a residential part was built by Ludovít Petrovský in 1924. The…
Cultural and historical heritage
50 Digger's house
Žilina
Digger's house. Kálov is the old medieval name of the area of Žilina, where the original development of ground-floor houses was built in…
Cultural and historical heritage
68 Craftsman's house
Žilina
Craftsman's house. One of the most distinctive buildings in the city, not only because of its location right on a busy intersection, but…
Cultural and historical heritage
82 Jewish Folk School
Žilina
The old Jewish Folk School, which had stood in Žilina since about 1873, was small and did not suit the growing number of pupils. The…
Cultural and historical heritage
83 Gym Makabi - Puppet theatre
Žilina
Makabi was an association of Jewish physical education and sports clubs during the period of the First Czechoslovak Republic. Next to the…
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…
Cultural and historical heritage
Bar Association Building
Martin
Since 1921 Martin was the seat of the Bar Association, and three years later there was already an administrative building designed by Ján…
Cultural and historical heritage
Budova miesta evanjelickej ľudovej školy
Krupina
Thanks to Maria Theresa's decision on uniform school attendance, a so-called normal school was established in Krupina. On the corner of the…
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…