Guitar Museum
Guitar Museum in Sobrance in Slovakia is a unique exhibition - one of the few of its kind in the world. The "Guitar king" Janči Ferko from Sobrance in Slovakia has done something exceptional. In small town Sobrance he built a Guitar Museum that maps the complete development and production of ...
Smolenice Castle
Smolenice Castle was built in the 14th century. At the beginning of the 15th century it was royal property. Later it was in ownership of more counts, in the 16th century the castle was owned by the Orszagh family, then nearly two centuries it was in ownership of the family Erdődy. In 18th century, the castle became the property of the Pálffy family - count János Pálffy from city of Pezinok. The castle was rebuilt in the 19th and 20th century by order of count József Pálffy. First works on the fortification walls started in 1887. The new castle was designed by architect Jozef Hubert. He used Kreuzenstein castle near Vienna as a model, and the works were controlled by the architect Pavol Reiter from Bavaria. During its construction there were masters from Italy, Germany, Austria and Hungary, but also local craftsmens from Smolenice and the surrounding villages. During World War I, the reconstruction was interrupted and some rooms were temporarily adapted for the archives of the Palffy family. In 1945 the state became the owner of the castle. It was taken over by the Slovak National Council which decided to keep it as their summer-house. After year 1950 reconstruction of the castle was realized. The reconstruction was finished, castle was furnished and in 1953 the castle become property of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Present use of Smolenice Castle Smolenice Castle is the property of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and is made available only partially to the public (gardens, courtyards, reserved rooms). There are organized national and international scientific conferences at the castle, too.
Ďumbier Tatras (Ďumbierske Tatry)
Location
Ďumbier Tatras (Ďumbierske Tatry) is mountain range in Central Slovakia, and geomorphological subwhole of Low Tatras (Nízke Tatry) mountains. It is located on the territory of Region Banska Bystrica (Banskobystrický kraj) and on the south of Region Žilina (Žilinský kraj). The mountain ...
Western Tatras (Západné Tatry)
Western Tatras (Západné Tatry) is mountain range in North Slovakia, in Region Žilina (Žilinský kraj) - district Liptovský Mikuláš. The area of mountains is 380 km2 (286 km2 in Slovakia and 94 km2 in Poland). Highest peak is Bystrá (2 248, 4 m. a.s.l.). More information can be found in the Hills and peaks section. From a geomorphological point of view Western Tatras (Západné Tatry) as a geomorphological sub-whole is part of whole Tatras (Tatry). Sub-whole Western Tatras (Západné Tatry) is divided into parts: Červené vrchy, Liptov Tatras (Liptovské Tatry), Liptovské kopy, Osobitá, Roháče, Sivý vrch. More information can be found in the Division section.
