Bardejov – historic city in Slovakia

Updated June 11, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Bardejov is one of Slovakia’s best-preserved medieval cities, a UNESCO World heritage jewel in the north-eastern Šariš region whose perfectly intact central square (Radničné námestie), ringed by 46 colourful burgher houses and dominated by the magnificent Gothic basilica of St. Egidius, is considered one of the finest medieval urban ensembles in Central Europe. Along with […]

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Highest wooden altar in Europe – Levoča town in Slovakia

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Levoča is one of Slovakia’s most precious heritage towns, a remarkably preserved medieval trading city in the Spiš region whose Church of St. James houses the tallest wooden altar in the world (18.62 metres), a masterpiece of late Gothic carving by the legendary Master Paul of Levoča that is, astonishingly, 500 years old and still […]

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