Wooden church in Bodružal
The Greek Catholic church of St. Nicholas is part of a unique urban unit on an elevated position in the centre of the village Bodružal. Church is surrounded with the cemetery, wall, and the belfry from the 19th century.
It was built in 1658 and consists of three interconnected ...
Park of miniatures Podolie
Park of miniatures in Podolie is a unique product of tourism in Slovakia. More than 80 models of castles, chateaux, churches, cottages and lookouts and birthplaces of important personalities are currently placed in the open-air exhibition. The aim of the park builders is to save min. 4-5 objects of cultural heritage per year, made in appearance from the time of their greatest glory. Slovakia has always been rich in castles, chateaus, churches, cultural and historical monuments. Many of them were abolished, or they are in dismal state, few stones in the woods remind us them. All models are constructed as a scientific reconstruction, construction of them preceded processing of technical drawings, elaborating of separated components and installation in terrain. Models are made at a scale of 1:50, some, mainly churches, chalets and lookouts are at a scale of 1:25, resp. 1:30.
Gombasek Cave
Gombasek Cave (Gombasecká jaskyňa) is situated on the western foothill of the Silická Plateau in the canyon of the Slaná River between Rožňava and Plešívec. Cave entrance is at elevation of 250 m above the sea. It is formed in the Middle Triassic pale Wetterstein limestones by corrosive and ...
Low Tatras
Low Tatras (in Slovak Nízke Tatry) is located in north part of central Slovakia on territories of Banská Bystrica Region (Banskobystrický kraj) - districts Banská Bystrica and Brezno, Žilina Region (Žilinský kraj) - districts Ružomberok and Liptovský Mikuláš, and Prešov Region (Prešovský kraj) - district Poprad. Low Tatras mountain range stretches about 95 km from west to east between the valleys of the rivers Váh and Hron. The area of Low Tatras mountains is 1 242 km2 (124 200 ha). Highest peak in Low Tatras is Ďumbier (2043.00 m.n.m). More information can be found in the Hills and peaks section. Tatry is the mountain range in territory of Slovakia. The name Tatras is often considered as naming of mountain ranges - the High Tatras, the Low Tatras, the Western Tatras, the Eastern Tatras, the Belianske Tatras, and are often considered from the viewpoint of tourism as one mountain range, or a whole, or their division is considered as subwholes High Tatras and Low Tatras. According to the geomorphological classification, the Low Tatras (Nízke Tatry) are independent moutains situated to the south of the Tatra Mountains. Tatra Mountains has sub-wholes Eastern Tatras (Východné Tatry) and Western Tatras (Západné Tatry). The Tatra mountains and Low Tatras (Nízke Tatry) as a wholes belong to the area Fatra-Tatra Area (Fatransko-tatranská oblasť). More information can be found in the Division section.
