Stará Ľubovňa Castle
The castle is located on a hill above the town of Stara Ľubovňa in the Region Prešov (Prešovský kraj). The first written mention of the castle dates back to year 1311. The castle was built by the Hungarian King Ondrej III at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. It was built as a guard ...
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 became the property of the family Lasky. The last owner of the castle was Ferdinand Rueber, who the city of Kežmarok bought the castle from in year 1702. The original gothic fortress was re-build by the family Thököly to plush residence. The Thököly family built in 1657-1658 a baroque chapel in the castle. They built the building of stable in the same century. After passing into the ownership of the city, the castle was used for various purposes: the grainery, barracks.. and several times it burned down. In the 2nd half of 19th century appeared the efforts to use the castle for museum purposes, but the museum was opened in 1931 after partial repair of the main tower. In years 1962-1985 has been carried out a general overhaul of the Castle. At this time the whole castle area serves for the exposure of the local Museum (excluding basements), documenting the evolution of the city from its beginning until the thirties of 20th century. Source: www.kezmarok.sk
Ďumbier Tatras
Location
Ďumbier Tatras (in Slovak Ďumbierske Tatry) is mountain range in Central Slovakia, and geomorphological subwhole of Low Tatras mountains. It is located on the territory of Banská Bystrica Region (Banskobystrický kraj) and on the south of Žilina Region (Žilinský kraj). The mountain ...
Eastern Tatras
Eastern Tatras (in Slovak Východné Tatry) mountains as geomorphologic sub-whole of whole Tatra mountains (in Slovak Tatry) is located in northern Slovakia. It is located in Prešov Region (Prešovský kraj) - in districts Poprad and Kežmarok. Eastern Tatras (Východné Tatry) mountains have an area of 405 km² (40 500 ha). The highest peak Eastern Tatras (Východné Tatry) is Gerlach Peak (Gerlachovský štít) - 2 655 m. a.s.l., which is also the highest peak in Slovakia. More information can be found in the Hills and peaks section. From a geomorphological point of view Eastern Tatras (Východné Tatry) as a geomorphological sub-whole is part of whole Tatras (Tatry). Sub-whole Eastern Tatras (Východné Tatry) is divided into parts: Belianske Tatras (Belianske Tatry), High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry). More information can be found in the Division section.
