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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Evangelical articular church
Leštiny
In the picturesque village of Leštiny stands one of the most precious wooden churches in Slovakia. This articular church from 1688 to 1689…
Cultural and historical heritage
Wooden articular church
Istebné
On the outskirts of the village of Istebné, in the heart of the lower Orava, stands the precious wooden Church of St. Michael. It is one of…
Cultural and historical heritage
Wooden Gothic Church of All Saints
Tvrdošín
The wooden church in Tvrdošín is a real jewel of Slovak architecture. This Roman Catholic church dates back to the second half of the…
Cultural and historical heritage
Evangelical wooden articular church
Svätý Kríž
This unique wooden church is one of the largest wooden buildings in Central Europe. It originally stood in the village of Paludza, where it…
Cultural and historical heritage
Gothic Church of All Saints
Ludrová
Not far from Ružomberok, in the cadastre of the village of Ludrová, stands a lonely church in the middle of fields. Its location in 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
Calvary - Church of the Holy Cross
Kláštor pod Znievom
In the village of Kláštor pod Znievom, not far from Martin, on a hill in a beautiful forest environment, there is a calvary with a long…
Cultural and historical heritage
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,…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Orava Forest Railway
Oravská Lesná
The Orava Forest Railway is a unique technical monument and one of the few preserved narrow-gauge railways in the world. Originally used to…
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
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…
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…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Museum of the Kysuce Village in Vychylovka
Nová Bystrica
In the picturesque valley of Chmúra, near Nová Bystrica, stands an exceptional open-air museum. The Museum of the Kysuce Village was…
Cultural and historical heritage
Museum of Slovak Village
Martin
The largest museum of folk architecture in Slovakia is located in Jahodníčky háje near Martin. On an area of fifteen and a half hectares…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Vlkolínec
Ružomberok
Vlkolínec is a small mountain settlement, which is part of the town of Ružomberok in the Žilina Region. It is unique in that it has been…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Archaeoskanzen Havránok
Vlachy
Havránok is a unique archaeological museum in nature, which rises above the surface of the Liptovská Mara near the village of Bobrovník.…
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
Slovak Museum of Nature Conservation and Caving
Liptovský Mikuláš
In the centre of Liptovský Mikuláš you will find an exceptional museum that combines the world of the underground, nature and human…
Attractions, sights, tourism, leisure
Slovak Astronomical Clock
Stará Bystrica
In the heart of the village of Stará Bystrica there is an extraordinary work of art - the first astronomical clock in Slovakia and one of…
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…
Cultural and historical heritage
The tower of the church on Živčáková Street
Korňa
On the Živčáková mountain above Turzovka there is a well-known pilgrimage site. Since time immemorial, a picture of the Virgin Mary has…
Cultural and historical heritage
Bell tower at the church
Mošovce
The Church of the Holy Trinity in Mošovce today looks like a romantic building that connects the past with the present. This is thanks to…
Cultural and historical heritage
Bell tower at the church
Istebné
In the upper part of the village Istebné there is a wooden articular church of St. Michael. It was built in 1688 as one of two articular…