November 18, 2011
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Vlkolínec – best-preserved folk architecture in Slovakia Updated: November 18, 2020 | By Claire | More Slovakia is known for its picturesque villages with traditional houses and folk architecture. One of those villages is so unique that it has even got on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Photo licensed under the Creative Commons, created by […]
Tags: archaeological-findings, asl, baroque-church, belfry, boroughs, brick-buildings, classicist, folk-architecture, listed-buildings, medieval-village, mountain-areas, museum, new-constructions, open-air-museum, picturesque-villages, ruzomberok, slovak-republic, slovakia, traditional-houses, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, vlkolinec, wooden-architecture
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
November 10, 2011
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Nitra – the oldest city in Slovakia Updated: November 10, 2020 | By Claire | More Nitra is the oldest and currently the fifth largest city in the Slovak Republic (82,661 inhabitants). It is a modern city with a rich cultural and business life. Photo licensed under the Creative Commons, created by Janos Korom Dr. […]
Tags: agricultural-museum, agricultural-university, archaeological-institute, bagar, baroque-style, botanical-species, city, fortifications, frequent-repairs, irregular-shape, ladislav, lively-center, marble-altar, nice-view, nitra, oldest-city-in-slovakia, pedestrian-zone, regions-of-the-world, rocky-hill, slovak-republic, slovakia-nitra, tropical-plants, tropical-regions
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
June 10, 2011
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Jasovská cave – national natural monument of Slovakia Updated: June 10, 2020 | By Claire | More Jasovská cave (or Jasovská jaskyňa in Slovak) is located in the Slovak Karst, near the village Jasov, in the south-eastern part of the Slovak Republic. The cave has been known since time immemorial. There were found artifacts from […]
Tags: air-temperature, black-letters, cave, electric-lighting, hallstatt, hussites, jasovska-cave, monastery, national-natural-monument, national-natural-monument-of-slovakia, nature, neolithic, relative-humidity, slovak-karst, slovak-republic, slovakia, species-of-bats, stalactite-cave, stalactites, temperature-ranges, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, waterfalls
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
January 16, 2011
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Thermal Water Park Bešeňová in Slovakia Updated: January 3, 2020 | By Claire | More Thermal Water Park Bešeňová is thermal pool in the Slovak Republic open all year-round. It is located in the north of the country, in Bešeňová village, on the banks of reservoir Bešeňová. Temperature of water at Thermal Park Bešeňová in […]
Tags: accommodation-possibilities, aquapark, atrium, besenova, fitness-facilities, hot-tubs, hydromassage, indoor-pool, indoor-swimming-pools, inhalation, menthol, outdoor-pools, relaxation-massage, saunas, slovak-republic, slovakia, stainless-steel-slide, tepidarium, thermal-park, thermal-pool, thermal-water, thermal-water-park, water-temperature, wellness-center
Categories: Slovakia, Wellness, Relax & Sports
September 30, 2010
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Protected Landscape Area of the Eastern Carpathians in Slovakia Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Protected Landscape Area of the Eastern Carpathians (or in Slovak Chránená krajinná oblasť Východné Karpaty) is bordering the north-western part of the original territory of the national park Poloniny. The area is built of flysch formations, mainly […]
Tags: animals, attraction, beech-forests, carpathians, culture, eastern-carpathians, fair, festival, fishing, flora-and-fauna, folklore, horseback-riding, interesting-places, lake, landscape, landscape-area, national-cultural-monument, national-nature-reserve, national-park, nature, nature-reserve, nature-reserves, poland, poloniny, slovak-republic, slovakia, spectacular, spectacular-views, tourist-attraction, tourist-attractions, town, village, wooden-churches
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
May 12, 2010
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Highest wooden altar in Europe – Levoča town in Slovakia Updated: June 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Levoča, is thanks to its historical monuments, one of the most important cities in the Slovak Republic. Levoča is a charming medieval town with approximately 15.000 inhabitants. The historic center is surrounded with walls built already […]
Tags: 15th-century, altar, burgher, charming-medieval-town, city, ctown, frescoes, gothic-cathedral, highest-altar-in-the-world, historical-monuments, inhabitants, largest-preserved-medieval-town-square-in-europe, levoca, magnificent-city, renaissance-styles, slovak-republic, slovakia, south-facade, st-jacob, stone-walls, tourist-destination, town, town-hall, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list
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May 7, 2010
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Spiš castle in Slovakia – one of the largest castles in Central Europe Updated: March 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Monumental, amazing, powerful. These are attributes which can characterize Spiš Castle, the largest castle ruins in the Slovak Republic and one of the largest castle complexes in Central Europe. The castle was added […]
Tags: 4-hectares, altitude, ancient-trade-route, attributes, castle, castle-ruins, castles, central-europe, fortress, history-view, map, medieval-town, rich-history, slovak-republic, slovakia, spis-castle, unesco, world-heritage-list
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April 30, 2010
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Košice – the most beautiful city in Slovakia and European Capital of Culture in 2013 Updated: September 5, 2020 | By Claire | More Košice is the most beautiful city in Slovakia, a metropolis of Eastern Slovakia and the second largest city in Slovakia. Together with the French city of Marseille, it is an European […]
Tags: aristocratic-palaces, beautiful-city, boutiques, bratislava, catholic-churches, city, city-emblem, city-photo, coat-of-arms, constitutional-court, dioceses, eastern-europe, eastern-slovakia, faculty-of-medicine, french-city, gothic-cathedral, kosice, law-science, living-in-the-city, marathon, marseille-france, medicine-law, medieval-history, most-beautiful-cities-in-slovakia, most-beautiful-city-in-slovakia, museums-galleries, oldest-marathon-in-europe, pedestrian-zone, railway-connections, renaissance, secession, slovak-ore-mountains, slovak-republic, slovak-towns, slovakia, southern-europe, st-elisabeth, steel-mill, strategic-location, transport-routes, university-of-veterinary-medicine, urban-reserve, vibrant-city
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April 29, 2010
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Dobšinská Ice Cave – the largest ice cave in Slovakia Updated: April 4, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Dobšinská Ice Cave is the largest ice cave in the Slovak Republic and one of the most important and beautiful ice caves in the world. It is located in Stratenská Highlands, on the northern slope […]
Tags: air-circulation, altitude, annual-temperature, cave, cave-ceiling, cave-entrance, cave-floor, cave-system, caves, centuries, cold-air, cubic-meters, discovery, electric-lighting, glaciation, ice-cave, ice-caves, karst, limestone-hill, mechanical-action, mining-engineer, mining-town, national-park, nature, northern-slope, public-skating, slovak-paradise, slovak-republic, slovakia, slovensky-raj, square-meters, stalactite-formations, temperature-average, underground-spaces, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, warm-environment
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
April 27, 2010
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Slovakia is a Little Big Country — the self-deprecating national motto — that packs the soaring peaks of the High Tatras, one of the highest concentrations of castles per capita in the world, a remarkable seven UNESCO World Heritage sites, and some of Europe’s most beautiful accessible cave systems into a country barely the size […]
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