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Interesting places of Slovakia

Vlkolínec village under the administration of the town of

Ružomberok 1376 – the first written mention 1993 – UNESCO World Heritage folk architecture reservation more than 45 log houses wooden belfry baroque chapel

Spiš castle one of the biggest European castles 1993 – UNESCO World Heritage Sites built in the 12th century completely rebuilt in the 15th century the castle burned down in 1780

Krásna hôrka castle built in the 13th century1333 – the first recorded mention 1961 - National Cultural Monument of the Slovak

Republic March 2012 – the castle was damaged by the fire

Bratislava castle the main castle of Bratislava the massive rectangular building with four corner

towers, which stands on isolated rocky hill Entrance gates to the site - Sigismund Gate,

Vienna Gate, Nicholas Gate, Leopold Gate Slovak National Museum and the castle

administration the National Council of the Slovak Republic

Ochtinská Aragonite Cave a unique aragonite cave situated in southern Slovakia rare aragonite filling the main attraction of the cave: Milky Way Hall discovered by Martin Cangár and Jiri Prosek (1954) opened to the public in 1972 UNESCO World Heritage list

Dobšinská Ice Cave 2000 – Unesco World Heritage 1870 – was discovered by a royal mining engineer

Eugen Ruffinyi 1887 - the first electrically lit cave in Europe the annual temperature average stays around 0° the age of the cave - 250,000 years the total length - 1,483 m, of which 515 m are open

to the public.

a mountain range in central Slovakia, it´s a part of Spiš-Gemer Karst

located between Spišská Nová Ves and Dobšiná

known for its gorges, waterfalls created mainly by the rivers Hnilec and Hornád, canyons and ravines

the highest mountain - Ondrejisko (1 270m)

more than 200 caves and underground abysses - Dobšinská Ice Cave and Bear Cave

Slovenský Raj

High Tatras mountain range on the borders between Slovakia

and Poland the highest peak is Gerlachovský štít at 2,655 m ski resorts - Štrbské pleso, Starý Smokovec and

Tatranská Lomnica the first European cross-border national park

St. Elisabeth Cathedral a Gothic cathedral in Košice Slovakia´s biggest church,  as well as one of the

easternmost Gothic cathedrals in Europe built in the Hight Gothic style between 1378 and 1508  often damaged by calamities and underwent

numeruous restorations imposing interior - the altar of St.Elisabeth, a hanged

sculpture of Immaculata, the altar Visit of Virgin Mary, a stone epitaph of the Reiner family, a wooden sculpture of Virgin Mary, fragments of wall painting The Last Trial...

Veľký Meder Spa in the Trnava region coloured in pseudo-Turkish style built in 1974 the water here comes out of the ground at 57

degrees Celsius

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