Articles in Slovakia ( 2,278 )

2,278 Articles of interest in Slovakia

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  • Michael's Gate

    In Bratislava, Slovakia, Michael's Gate is the only city gate that has been preserved of the medieval fortifications and ranks among the oldest town buildings. Built about the year 1300, its present shape is the result of baroque reconstructions in …

  • Bratislava hlavná stanica

    Bratislava hlavná stanica (abbreviated Bratislava hl.st.; Former names German: Pressburger Hauptbahnhof; Hungarian: Pozsony főpályaudvar) is the main railway station in Bratislava, Slovakia.

  • Church of St. Elisabeth (Bratislava)

    The Church of St. Elizabeth (Slovak: Kostol svätej Alžbety, Hungarian: Szent Erzsébet templom), commonly known as Blue Church (Modrý kostolík, Kék templom), is a Hungarian Secessionist (Jugendstil, Art Nouveau) Catholic church located in the eastern…

  • TABSO Flight 101

    TABSO Flight LZ101 was a scheduled service of the Bulgarian national airline from Sofia, Bulgaria via Budapest, Hungary and Prague, Czechoslovakia (today's Czech Republic) to East Berlin in the German Democratic Republic (today's Germany). The servi…

  • Primate's Palace

    The Primate's Palace (Slovak: Primaciálny palác; Hungarian: Prímási palota) is a neoclassical palace in the Old Town of Bratislava the capital of Slovakia. It was built from 1778 to 1781 for Archbishop József Batthyány, after the design of architect…

  • Low Tatras

    The Low Tatras or Low Tatra (Slovak: Nízke Tatry) is a mountain range of the Inner Western Carpathians in central Slovakia.

  • Malá Fatra

    Malá Fatra (also Little Fatra or Lesser Fatra, pol. Mała Fatra) is a mountain range in the Western Carpathians in the north-west of Central Slovakia.

  • DAC Stadion

    DAC Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Dunajská Streda, Slovakia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda.

  • Battle of Párkány

    The Battle of Párkány (Turkish: Ciğerdelen savaşı) (October 7–9, 1683) was fought in the town of Párkány (today: Štúrovo), in the Ottoman Empire, and the area surrounding it as part of the Polish-Ottoman War and the Great Turkish War. The battle was…

  • Poloniny National Park

    Poloniny National Park (Slovak: Národný park Poloniny) is a national park in north eastern Slovakia at the Polish and Ukrainian borders, in the Bukovské vrchy mountain range, which belongs to the Eastern Carpathians. It was created on 1 October 1997…

  • Kamzík TV Tower

    The Kamzík TV Tower is a 196 metre (643 ft) tall television transmission tower in the Koliba area of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It sits 437 m (1,421 ft) AMSL on the Kamzík hill, part of the Little Carpathians, overlooking much of the city.…

  • Wooden churches of the Slovak Carpathians

    Carpathian Wooden Churches is the name of a UNESCO World Heritage Site that consists of nine wooden religious buildings constructed between the 16th and 18th centuries in eight different locations in Slovakia. They include two Roman Catholic (Hervar…

  • White Carpathians

    The White Carpathians (Czech: Bílé Karpaty; Slovak: Biele Karpaty; German: Weiße Karpaten; Hungarian: Fehér-Kárpátok) is the westernmost mountain range of the Carpathian Mountains.

  • Tatranská Lomnica

    Tatranská Lomnica is a town in the Slovakian part of the High Tatras mountains. It is a skiing and hiking resort best known for the cable car to Lomnický štít, one of the steepest in Europe and remarkable for its lack of support pylons between the t…

  • ČSA Flight 001

    Czechoslovak Airlines Flight 001 was an Ilyushin Il-18B four engine turboprop airliner, registered OK-NAB, which was operating as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Prague's Ruzyně airport to Bratislava-Ivanka Airport, both in Czechoslovakia…

  • Western Tatras

    The Western Tatras (Slovak: Západné Tatry; Polish: Tatry Zachodnie) are mountains in the Tatras, part of the Carpathian Mountains, located on the Polish-Slovak borders. The mountains border the High Tatras in the east, Podtatranská kotlina in the so…

  • Universitas Istropolitana

    The Universitas Istropolitana (since the 16th century frequently – but incorrectly – referred to as Academia Istropolitana) in Bratislava (Hungarian: Pozsony / German: Pressburg) was arguably the third university to be found in the Kingdom of Hungar…

  • Starý most (Bratislava)

    Starý most (English: Old Bridge) was a bridge over the river Danube in Bratislava, Slovakia. The 460 meter long bridge included a wooden pathway for pedestrians, a two-lane road and railway track, connecting the historic old city of Bratislava with …

  • Sliač Airport

    Sliač Airport (IATA: SLD, ICAO: LZSL) or, historically, Letisko Tri Duby (literally, "The Three Oaks Airport") is an international airport in central Slovakia situated between the towns of Zvolen and Banská Bystrica and near the spa town of Sliač. T…

  • Ochtinská Aragonite Cave

    Ochtinská Aragonite Cave (Slovak: Ochtinská aragonitová jaskyňa, Hungarian: Martonházi-aragonitbarlang) is a unique aragonite cave situated in southern Slovakia, near Rožňava. Although only 300 m long, it is famous for its rare aragonite filling.

  • Chopok

    Chopok (2,024 m) is the third highest peak of the Low Tatra range (just after the neighboring Ďumbier and Štiavnica mountains) in central Slovakia. The peak offers a panoramatic view of High Tatra, Liptov and the valley of Hron.

  • Beckov Castle

    Beckov Castle (Slovak: Beckovský hrad or Beckov; Hungarian: Beckói vár) is a castle in ruins located near the village of Beckov in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District, Trenčín Region, western Slovakia.

  • Žilina Airport

    Žilina Airport (IATA: ILZ, ICAO: LZZI) is an airport serving Žilina, Slovakia. It is located near the village of Dolný Hričov, approximately 10 km west of Žilina itself. The airport is used for both international and domestic flights, as well for pr…