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Nitra (Nitriansky kraj)
Nitra Castle
On a picturesque hill in the centre of the ancient city of Nitra, in place of Pribina’s castle stands the stubby Nitra Castle. This castle is the traditional seat of Nitra bishops; located in the castle complex is the the Bishop’s Office, St Emerám’s Cathedral and the Nitra Diocese Museum, which is the first diocese museum in Slovakia. Located in the eastern courtyard is the fabled Vazulova veža (Vazul’s Tower), the ...
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Žilina (Žilinský kraj)
Strečno Castle
Not far from the city of Žilina, above the sleek meanders of Váh River, proudly sits the excellently preserved Strečno Castle. It used to be the safest castle of Považie region and the home of Žofia Bosniaková the well-known “Saint of Strečno”. Apparently, this woman whose husband cheated on her and spent little time at home dedicated her whole life to God and to helping other people. She never refused anyone who was ...
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Bytča (Žilinský kraj)
Bytča Manor House
The construction of this vast Renaissance-style manor house that continues in the tradition of Italian urban palaces was ordered by František Thurzo, an influential Hungarian magnate, in the sixteenth century. The manor house has been the scene for several historic events: in the sixteenth century a trial was held here to administer justice to the associates of the “Bloody Countess”, Elizabeth Bathory (Alžbeta Báthoryová).
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Brodzany (Trenčiansky kraj)
Brodzany Manor House
Brodzany Manor House is a charming Renaissance-Baroque style building surrounded by a handsome English park containing a variety of exotic trees. In the nineteenth century the manor house became closely connected with the famous Russian poet A. S. Pushkin – at that time it used to be the residence of Pushkin’s sister-in-law. She used to entertain various guests from Russia; among them were Pushkin’s wife and their children ...
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Humenné (Prešovský kraj)
Humenné Manor House
The town of Humenné, one of the historical centres of the Zemplín region, is adorned by a Renaissance manor house of imposing size. The residence guarded by two bronze lions was commissioned to be built by the wealthy and powerful Drugeth family. One of the members of this family named Valentín Drugeth became popular among the pious Zemplín people. It is said, that this man once, in a fit of anger, burned down the local ...
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Trebišov (Košický kraj)
Trebišov Manor House
In the beautiful environs of the Trebišov Municipal Park lies the beautiful Baroque manor house commissioned by the Csáky family, which was later facelifted in the Classicist tradition. These days the halls of the manor house are no longer occupied by aristocrats, but instead house the Trebišov Regional Museum. This museum offers an insight into Zemplín folk culture and runs a lapidary exhibition featuring various antique ...
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Trenčín (Trenčiansky kraj)
Trenčín Castle
Trenčín skyline is dominated by a majestic castle towering from a rock spur above the city. The most well-known owner of this ancient castle was Matúš Čák Trenčiansky, or Máté Csák of Trencsén, also known as the so-called lord of Váh and Tatras, an oligarch once controlling the whole of West and Central Slovakia. These days Trenčín Castle is one of the places Trenčianske múzeum (Trenčín Museum) is based in. Its attractive ...
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Žiar nad Hronom (Banskobystrický kraj)
Castle in Kremnica
For centuries the skyline of ancient Kremnica, an important mining city renowned for minting valuable gold coins, has been dominated by a beautiful castle with a Late Gothic church dedicated to St. Catherine. Kremnica Castle, built on a small hill close to the city’s historical square, is featured in a legend about shrieking peacocks that alerted the citizens and saved Kremnica from Hussites, who were about to climb ...
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Prievidza (Trenčiansky kraj)
Bojnice Castle
In the picturesque environs of Bojnice Forest Park stands a romantic castle, just as if it came out of a fairy tale. No wonder it is one of the most visited landmarks in the whole of Central Europe. Nowadays, Bojnice Castle serves as a museum, as count Pálffy, one of its last owners, wanted it. In addition to beautiful interiors furnished with period furniture, visitors can go and see a beautiful karst cave with stalactite ...
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Bratislava (Bratislavský kraj)
Old Town Hall - Bratislava City Museum - Museum of the City History
Museum of the City History is in a beautiful old building of the Old Town Hall in Bratislava. Interesting expositions show crafts, trade, education, art, culture and socio-political events of Bratislava for example, coronations of Hungarian kings. Within the tour of the museum visitors have the opportunity to admire a beautiful view of the historic part of the city from the top of the town hall tower.
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Bratislava (Bratislavský kraj)
Police Museum of the Slovak Republic
Police Museum of the Slovak Republic as the only of its type in Slovakia is focused on documenting of establishment, development and activities of existing and historical security and police authority. The most valuable collection items of the museum are historical documents relating to the police and gendarmerie activities from Austro-Hungarian Empire and the first Czechoslovak Republic and original uniforms and other ...
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Bratislava (Bratislavský kraj)
Jewish Community Museum – Bratislava Synagogue
A synagogue on Heyduková street in Bratislava is not only the functioning Jewish house of God but also the museum open to the general public. There is the third largest collection of Judaica in Slovakia and commemorative wall reminiscent of the Holocaust Tragedy of Slovak Jews and other Jews during World War II. Premises of the museum and prayer room are open to visitors but during Jewish holidays, when there are Jewish ...
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Košice (Košický kraj)
Aviation Museum in Košice
Aviation Museum in Košice is a branch of the Slovak Technical Museum acquainting the visitors the technical development of aircraft and flying from the simplest devices to the spaceship and rocket technology. Slovak and European non-such is the local Gallery of the Presidential Aircrafts with the original machines in which floated the heads of state of Europe, America and China.
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Košice (Košický kraj)
East Slovak Gallery in Košice, County House
Representative Baroque-Classicist County House building in Košice went down in history mainly due to the first cabinet meeting of the National Front of Czechs and Slovaks held in the local meeting hall in 1945. It was at this meeting when the known post-war Košice government program was solemnly declared. In this program, that contained a controversial section of the removal of Germans and Hungarians from the renewed ...
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Rožňava (Košický kraj)
Krásna Hôrka Castle
At the top of a hill overlooking the town of Krásnohorské Podhradie sits Krásna Hôrka Castle, one of the most beautiful historic landmarks of the picturesque Gemer region. As one legend has it, the castle was built by a poor shepherd named Bebek, who was lucky enough to find a very rare gem. He took it to the king, who then traded it for a large plot of land and a permission to build seven sheep pens. Instead of pens ...
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Betliar (Košický kraj)
Betliar Manor House
The quiet little town of Betliar, near the town of Rožňava, is one of the most visited towns in Gemer region. That is mainly thanks to the presence of the splendid Andrássy Manor House, considered one of the most handsome mansions in Slovakia. Visitors to the manor house can explore the exhibition that the local museum set up there focused on urban life and housing of urban nobility in Slovakia. Apart from sumptuous ...
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Stará Ľubovňa (Prešovský kraj)
Stará Ľubovňa Castle
Standing on the top of a lush green hillock overlooking the Spiš city of Stará Ľubovňa is the particularly well-preserved Stará Ľubovňa Castle. Thanks to its stateliness and strategic position the castle entertained many kings and queens in the past. There is a legend about one of those famous bouts of drinking featuring a sly local brigand named Jendruš, who slipped in disguised as a nobleman and entertained the whole ...
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Zlaté Moravce (Nitriansky kraj)
Topoľčianky Manor House
The palatial manor house in Topoľčianky is undoubtedly one of the finest examples of Slovakia’s civil engineering. Therefore it is not surprising that it served in the past as a summer residence for Austro-Hungarian emperors as well as for the first presidents of the Republic of Czechoslovakia. Among the owners of the manor house was one Tomáš Topoľčiansky nicknamed Tlstý (Fatty), whose sole joy in life was food. It ...
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Bratislava (Bratislavský kraj)
Devín Castle
The ancient Devín Castle, sitting on an imposing crag above the confluence of Dunaj and Morava rivers, is one of the symbols of Slovakia. Visitors to this castle are presented with a number of beautiful sights to see; among them is the picturesque Maiden Tower (Panenská veža), represented on old Slovak coins. According to a legend, this tower was the place of the end of an unhappy love between Mikuláš, the lord of Devín ...
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Blatnica (Žilinský kraj)
Blatnica Manor House
This small manor house, once owned by the Pronay family, is located in the quaint village of Blatnica. This village is closely connected with the beginnings of Slovak cinematography: it is here where the first Slovak feature film was made – Jánošík by Siakeľ brothers, thanks to which Slovakia joined the first ten countries in the world to make a feature film. What is more, Blatnica’s connection with Slovak cinematography ...
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