Cultural and historical heritage
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…
Cemetery, Memorial site
Places found: 7
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…
Cultural and historical heritage
10 Military cemetery in the Jewish cemetery
Žilina
More than twenty Jewish soldiers who died in an infirmary established during the First World War were buried in the Jewish cemetery. The…
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
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…