The town of Skalica boasts of a diverse tangle of sacral buildings with a rich history. Under many of them, underground crypts ar built, but not all are explored and made...
The birth of museum activities in the sense of organizing collecting activities in 1881 - 1898 prompted the establishment of the Záhorie Museum in Skalica. It is a region...
Rotunda of St. George is originally a Romanesque building from the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries (although a new study says it comes from the first half of the 11th...
At the highest point in the northern part of the town of Skalica, there is a beautiful classicist calvary. It was built by the Jesuits in 1703-1710 on the site of the ori...
Throughout western Slovakia, there are scattered communities called reoptants from Ukraine, who returned to their homeland after several decades of displacement from east...
Holíč Megaliths (also known as Menhirs) are carved stones stored in a lapidary in the courtyard of one of the former manufactory buildings. They come from a prehistoric r...
The village of Vrbovce situated on the Slovak-Moravian border in the scattered settlement offers not only natural beauty, but also beautiful original architecture - simpl...
The town of Senica has been located at the crossroads of trade routes since prehistoric times. From the north to the south, the "Amber Road" ran along the Morava River, a...
The origin of the national sanctuary - the Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Šaštín dates back to 1736, when the present basilica, according to the plans of Matej ...
Borský Mikuláš is the birthplace of the poet Ján Hollý. In the middle of the village, you can find his native house from the second half of the 18th century. In 1957, it ...
Jozef Miloslav Hurban was the first chairman of the Slovak National Council, a Slovak writer, journalist, politician and organizer of the cultural life of the Slovak nati...
Even in today's modern and technically advanced time, you may find yourself in a time when mowing was done manually, when fields were cultivated by pulling power of cattl...
The Museum of Slovak National Councils in Myjava is a specialized organizational unit of the Slovak National Museum in Bratislava. It opened its gates for the first time ...
Before you go to the Barrow of M. R. Štefánik on Bradlo Hill, stop in the center of Brezová pod Bradlom. Directly on the square you will find the Štefánik's National Hous...
In 1968, Milan Rastislav Štefánik began to become known again after the political changes in Czechoslovakia. Visitors started to visit Bradlo - the last resting place of ...
The Museum of M. R. Štefánik is an integral part of the Slovak National Museum - Museum of the Slovak National Councils. It opened its doors for the general public in 199...
The Town Museum in Stará Turá presented its first museum exhibition in 1976 on the premises of the former Roman Catholic school called Room of Revolutionary Traditions. C...
In the beautiful forests of the village of Plavecký Mikuláš, hidden from the eyes of tourists, there is quite interesting natural creation - Deravá skala rock (ie Holey ...
In the past, Slovakia could boast of a rich network of shorter, but also longer, forest, field, mining or industrial railways, which were used in freight transport at the...
Above the village of Smolenice, in the dense forests of the Little Carpathians, there used to be a prehistoric and a Slavic hillfort. Choosing this place for a trip bring...
The village of Smolenice, situated under the south-eastern foothills of the Little Carpathians, offers domestic people and tourists not only recreational but also rich cu...
In the village of Bzince pod Javorinou, there is a birthhouse of the well-known Slovak writer of children's books - Ľudmila Riznerová - Podjavorinská. In her honour and m...
Driny Cave is the only accessible cave in western Slovakia. Although it is smaller and less rich in decoration, small visitors will enjoy plenty of bats that fly overhead...
The Trnava village of Naháč is known for the work of the enlightened writer and pastor Juraj Fándly, who lived here for a part of his life. Juraj Fándly lived and worked ...
Church of St. Michal Archangel in Lančár with its monumental appearance rises on the hill of the nature reserve Chríb and is the most significant landmark of the surround...
Perhaps there is no man who would not know the mysterious village of Čachtice, famous especially for the sadly known bloody countess of Čachtice, Elizabeth Báthory.
Howe...
The picturesque village of Očkov boasts a unique place where historical events meet each other several times. It is called Očkovská Barrow, which is not only our national...
In the premises of Community Centre in Nové Mesto nad Váhom, there is the Peter Matejka Gallery, which is named after a native and especially an academic painter who is o...
The Podjavorina Museum is housed in a Baroque building from the 17th century, also called the Giláni's House in Nové Mesto nad Váhom. It was founded in 1951 and since the...
A beautiful manor house in Malacky used to be the seat of the Pallfy family. The building was built on the initiative of Count Paul IV. Palffy in the first half of the 17...