Kežmarok castle
The castle belongs to the castles called "town castles". It was built directly on the territory of the city of Kezmarok, in order to guard the city against enemies. The building of castle is connected with family of Zapolsky. The first written reference about the castle is from 1463. In 1528 it ...
Wooden church in Leštiny
Wooden evangelical articular church in Leštiny is to these day preserved intact and in an authentic natural environment. Width its monument value it is one of the rarest wooden sacral objects in the whole territory of Slovakia. Interior dates back to the 17th and 18th century nad it is beautifully painted. Main altar is from the 18th century. It is located in village Leštiny, district Dolný Kubín in Žilina region (Žilinský kraj).
Rocky Mountain Lake (Skalnaté pleso)
Rocky Mountain Lake (Skalnaté pleso) is a moraine mountain lake in the High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) in Slovakia. It has an area of 1,23 ha, depth max. 2 m and has altitude 1 754 m. above sea level. Near is astronomical and meteorological observatory founded in year 1943.
Rocky Mountain Lake is ...
Lomnický peak (Lomnický Štít)
Lomnický štít (Lomnický peak) is one of the highest and most visited mountain peaks in the High Tatras mountains of Slovakia. Connected by cable car to Tatranská Lomnica, its summit is 2634 metres above sea level, making it the second highest peak in the High Tatras after Gerlach Peak (Gerlachovský štít) (2654 m). The first ascent was made by local shoemaker and amateur miner Štefan Fábry around 1760-1790, but the first recorded ascent was made by the English traveler Robert Townson and guide on 16 August 1793. He measured almost precisely the elevation of the peak at 2633 m. The first winter ascent was made in 1891. In the past, Lomnický štít was called Dedo (Grandpa). Before the 19th century, the peak was also thought to be the highest of all. The observatory, located at the top of Lomnický Peak, is at the highest level observatory in Slovakia. Lomnický peak is connected with the Tatranska Lomnica (tourist center - the city part of the town High Tatras) by cable-car. From Tatranská Lomnica you can go to Rocky Mountain Lake (Skalnaté pleso) - by cable-car (K4, K15 - image bellow) or by hiking trail. From Rocky Mountain Lake (Skalnaté pleso) then to Lomnický peak (Lomický Štít) by cabin cable-car (VL). This cabin cable-car was the most modern in Europe at the time of its opening (1940). You can spend a maximum of 50 minutes on the Lomnický peak. It is also possible to get to Lomnický štít from the Lomnické sedlo (Lomnické saddle) - it is situated above Skalnaté pleso lake, but the climb is allowed with the mountain guide only. The Lomnické sedlo can be reached by a hiking trail or by a cable car from Skalnaté pleso (Rocky Mountain Lake) (SL).
