Bojnice Castle
Bojnice Castle (Slovak: Bojnický zámok, Hungarian: Bajmóci vár) is a medieval castle in Bojnice, Slovakia. It is a Romantic castle with some original Gothic and Renaissance elements built in the 12th century.
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Banská Bystrica (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈbanskaː ˈbistritsa], also known by other alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains. With 78 327 inhabitants, Banská Bystrica is the sixth most populous municipality in Slovakia. The present town was founded by German settlers, however it was built upon a former Slavic settlement. It obtained the municipal privileges of a free royal town of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1255. The copper mining town acquired its present picturesque look in the Late Middle Ages when the prosperous burghers built its central churches, mansions, and fortifications. It is the capital of the kraj (Banská Bystrica Region) and the okres (Banská Bystrica District). It is also the home of Matej Bel University.
Population: 82,336
Latitude: 48° 44' 22.06" N
Longitude: 19° 09' 12.56" E
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The Low Tatras or Low Tatra (Slovak: Nízke Tatry) is a mountain range of the Inner Western Carpathians in central Slovakia.
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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.
Zvolen Castle
Zvolen Castle (Slovak: Zvolenský zámok or incorrectly Zvolenský hrad, Hungarian: zólyomi vár) is a medieval castle located on a hill near the center of Zvolen, in central Slovakia.
Bojnice Zoo
The Bojnice Zoo (Slovak: Bojnická zoologická záhrada) is a 42-hectare (100-acre) zoo near the town of Bojnice, Slovakia.
Veľká Fatra
Veľká Fatra (also Great Fatra or Greater Fatra) is a mountain range in the Western Carpathians in Slovakia.
Ďumbier
Ďumbier (2,043 m or 6,703 ft) is the highest mountain in the Low Tatra range, in central Slovakia.
Vtacnik Mountains
The Vtacnik Mountains, occasionally Vtáčnik Mountains (Slovak: Vtáčnik), is a range in central Slovakia, which forms part of the Slovak Central Mountains (Slovenské stredohorie) within the Inner Western Carpathians.
Slovalco
Slovalco is a large Slovak company that produces 160,000 tonnes of aluminium and aluminium products per annum.
SNP Stadium
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Strážov Mountains
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St. Francis Xavier Cathedral (Banská Bystrica, Slovakia)
The St.
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Kľak
Kľak is a village and municipality in the Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region in Slovakia.