Orava forest railway
The Orava forest railway was in the past part of Kysuce - Orava Forest Railway. It was forest railway from municipality Oravská Lesná through the village Zákamenné to village Lokca and was used for transport of wood. Thanks to the activities of the Monuments Board and Orava Museum and the ...
Exposition of Eastern Rite icons - Šariš museum in Bardejov
It is the only separate specialized display of Eastern Rite icons in Slovakia. It includes displayed icons - paintings on wood - from the 16th to 19th centuries, on which the visitor can follow the development of Carpathian icons. Among other exhibits, there are icons on canvas with the topic of The Last Judgement, embroidered religious vestments and church furniture. The Exposition of Icons was reinstalled in 2005. Acquired icons from the church in the village of Borov and other restored icons were added. The Icons from the collection of The Šariš Museum in Bardejov were presented in many countries (Hungary, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic). The one of the most distinguished was The World Exhibition in Osaka (Japan) in 1970. On the occasion of The World Exhibition in Osaka two sets of stamps with the theme of The Šariš Museum's icon were released. The most precious exhibits Strip of wooden icons Deesis from 16th century Set of icons on wood from 16th century Hodegetria, St. Michael the Archangel St. Nicholas, St. Paraskieva Complete Rococco iconostas from a wooden church in Zboj from 1766
Súľov Rocks (Súľovské Skaly)
Súľov Rocks are popular for unpretentious hiking trails, cycling and sport climbing. There is an educational hiking trail that can be walked in about 2 hours. Popular are, e.g., hiking trails from the village Súľov-Hradná to remains of Súľov Castle, to Lietava castle, or to ruins of Hričov ...
Blue lake (Modré pleso)
Blue Lake is the highest located mountain lake in High Tatras in Slovakia - in Region Prešov (Prešovský kraj), district Poprad. It is located under the Small Ice Peak (Malý ľadový štít) at the end of Small Cold Valley (Malá studená dolina) at altitude of 2 192 m a.s.l. Its maximum depth is 4, 5 m.
