Slovak architecture

There are many historical monuments in the country, some of them dated back to 9th century.

Slovakia has beautiful castles, chateaus and manor houses: Spiš castle - the largest castle ground in Central Europe, Red Stone Castle, Orava Castle, Castle Krásna Hôrka, Manor house Antol...

Open air museums show traditional way of life of various social groups in Slovakia in the past. Among them the most spectacular is the LIVE VILLAGE VLKOLÍNEC – even though it looks like a museum, it is not...

You can travel through centuries by visiting some of the Slovak towns with admirable renaissance and gothic architecture: Levoča, Banská Štiavnica, Kremnica, Kežmarok, Skalica, Košice, Bardejov...

Pearls of sacral architecture includes georges wooden and gothic churches (with the highest gothic wooden altar in the world; it is 18,62 metres high in the St. James’s Church in Levoča).