Protection of monuments in Slovakia

Protection of monuments and the monument fund of the Slovak Republic

Monuments Fund is a set of movable and immovable things declared according by Act 49/2002 for national cultural monuments, monument reserves and monument zones. Things for which the procedure for declaring cultural monuments, monument reservations and monument zones have been initiated are also considered to be a monument fund.

The basic law for the protection of monuments is the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 49/2002 on the protection of the monument fund, its implementing decree, amendments and related laws.

The specialized authority of the state administration for the protection of the monument fund is The Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic. The Monuments Board performs state administration with nationwide competence within the scope of Act No. 49/2002.

National cultural monuments and monument areas are registered in the Central List of Monuments Fund, which provides basic data for its protection throughout the Slovak Republic.

The central list of the monument fund in Slovakia contains
 

 

National Cultural Monuments (NCM)

A National Cultural Monument (NCM) is a movable thing or immovable thing of monumental value, which is declared a national cultural monument for protection reasons.As of 31.12.2021, the following National Cultural Monuments were registered in Slovakia - entered in the register of the monument fund:
 
The register of the monument fund also contains Selected National Cultural Monuments - the 72 most important and rarest monuments in the territory of the Slovak Republic, which were declared national cultural monuments before the adoption and promulgation of Act no. 49/2002, Which changed the system of registration of the monument fund.

The current legislation considers as national cultural monuments all immovable monuments and movable monuments, which are registered in the list of the monument fund.The original category of 72 national cultural monuments is, with regard to traditions and documentation, preserved only as an evidence in the register.
 

Monument reservations (MR)

A monument reservation is an area with a comprehensive historical settlement and a large concentration of immovable cultural monuments or an area with groups of significant archaeological finds and archaeological sites that can be topographically defined.
 

Monument zones (MZ)

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A monument zone is an area with a historical settlement, an area of a cultural landscape with monument values or an area with archaeological finds and archaeological sites that can be topographically defined.

 

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

The Roman military camp (kastel) Gerulata in city of  Bratislava – city part Rusovce and the Roman military camp (kastel) in municipality of Iža are part of the Danube Limes in Slovakia.

Source: www.pamiatky.sk, Law No. 49/2002