56 Svojdomov
Žilina
There was a shortage of flats in the town of Žilina and so the Svojdomov cooperative took the initiative to build new houses. The…
Okres Žilina
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57 II. state folk school
Žilina
The school building was built in 1936 during the construction of the Svojdomov district as an amenity for this new urban district. It is…
58 Villa Simon Stein
Žilina
Simon Stein's villa. In the case of this residential villa, the architect was given an unusual brief: to design a house around a tree.…
63 Post 1
Žilina
Slovak Post. On the site of the old Hungarian Royal Post Office from 1908, a new modern post office building was built by the state between…
68 Craftsman's house
Žilina
The Craftsman House is an Art Nouveau building with two side turrets built between 1909 and 1910. The building originally bore the…
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…
70 Hotel Rémi (Palace Hotel Polom)
Žilina
Hotel Rémi was one of the most luxurious hotels in Žilina. The land opposite the railway station was owned by the entrepreneur Karol Grün,…
71 Hotel Karas (Boutique Hotel Dubna Skala)
Žilina
Hotel Karas or Hotel Dubna Skala. The building was built between 1906 and 1913. Originally there were wooden and clay houses. The hotel…
73 Jewish old-age home
Žilina
The Jewish old-age home. The functionalist building was built in 1934 by the Israelite Women's Association according to a design by the…
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…
Andrej Hlinka Square
Žilina
Andrej Hlinka Square. It fills the space under the parish church, today's Holy Trinity Cathedral, and stands on the river terrace of the…
Cultural and historical heritage
Basilica of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Rajecká Lesná
Rajecká Lesná is located in the northwest of Slovakia in the Žilina Region. It is home to one of the most important pilgrimage sites in our…
Burian Tower
Žilina
Burian's Tower is located on Horný Val Street, just next to the tower of the parish church. Its fate is connected with the name of the…
Cultural and historical heritage
Burian Tower
Žilina
The oldest bell tower in the Žilina region is the Burian Tower in Žilina. It is located on the Cathedral Square and stands alone, next to…
Church of St. Barbara and Loreto Chapel
Žilina
Church of St. Barbara and Loreto Chapel. In 1701, the Hungarian Palatine, Prince Paul Esterházy, invited the Franciscans to Žilina. Between…
Cultural and historical heritage
Church of St. Cyril and Methodius, Terchová
Terchová
In the heart of Terchova stands the majestic parish church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the largest church in Slovakia dedicated to the…
Cultural and historical heritage
Church of St. Stephen - the King
Žilina
The Church of St. Stephen the King is the oldest architectural monument of Žilina. This late Romanesque church from the thirteenth century…
Cultural and historical heritage
Holy Trinity Cathedral
Žilina
The Church of the Holy Trinity is one of the oldest and most important buildings in Žilina. Its history dates back to the fourteenth…
Castles and chateaux
Hričov Castle
Hričovské Podhradie
Hričovský Castle is one of the oldest castles in the Považie region. Its history dates back to the thirteenth century, when King Bela the…
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…
Cultural and historical heritage
Museum of Transport
Rajecké Teplice
In the building of the railway station in Rajecké Teplice, a museum has been created, which brings closer the development of transport in…
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…
Vrba Memorial Room - Wetzler
Žilina
Vrba - Wetzler Memorial Room. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Alfréd Wetzler and Rudolf Vrba (Walter Rosenberg) lived in the…