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, Natural attractions, Dining, Museums and galleries, 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…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
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…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
Natural attractions
Rímske kúpele
Dudince
The stone terrace called the Roman Baths is a protected natural formation located in Dudince. The legend tells about the origin of the…
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,…
Natural attractions
Vodná nádrž Bebrava
Krupina
The Bebrava reservoir also called the Krupina Dam was built in 1993. Among other things, it serves fish farming, mainly carp, and for…
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
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
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…