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Sight in slovakia 1
1. Sights in Slovakia
Základná škola s materskou školou Viliama Záborského
Vráble
Slovakia
Created for Erasmus+
„Historical treasures of Europe“
2. • We are students from primary school in Slovakia
and we created this presentation for our
Erasmus+ project – Historical treasures of
Europe.
• We have a lot of historical sights, castles,
mansions, ruins, monuments, ...
• We often organise trips to various historic
places, we get to know life of our ancestors in
past.
• We will show you the most beautiful and the
most interesting sights in this presentation.
3. Bratislava castle
• Bratislava castle is the main castle in the capital city of Slovakia.
• It is huge rectangular building with four corner towers
and it lies on isolated rocked hill of Small Carpatia right
above the river Danube in the middle of Bratislava.
• Because of its size and location it has been dominant feature of
the town for the centuries.
• From the castle it is beautiful
overlook in Bratislava, Austria
and under clean weather also
parts of Hungary.
4. Other sights of the capital Bratislava
• In Bratislava you can see more beautiful historic
buildings such as the President Palace, City Hall,
Michael´s Gate, Slovak National Theatre.
5. Slovak National Theater
• Slovak National Theater in Bratislava is the second
oldest Slovak theater. It has three complets (drama,
opera, ballet ).
• It was founded in 1920 after the rise of Czechoslovakia
• It lies in Hviezdoslav square.
• New renesance building was built
in years 1885 -1886 in time
of Austria-Hungary on basis
of design of Vienna architects
Fellner and Helmer who created
projects of theatrical buildings
in 10 Europian countries.
6. Nitra castle
The castle is located in the city Nitra 20 km from our town
Vrable.
The Castle is located on the hill in the centre of town. In the
8th century there was created Nitra principality.
After integration of Nitra principality to Great
Moravia the city became the seat of Princes
Pribina, Rastislav, Svätopluk.
The dominant of the castle is
the St. Emeram´s Cathedral.
Now there is the residence
of bishop.
7. Beckov castle
• Beckov is a castle in ruins located near the village
of Beckov in Trenčín region in Western Slovakia.
• The castle is situated on the cliff near the river and was
used as a strategic outpost in Great Moravia.
• A stone castle was built there to protect the borders of
the Kingdom of Hungary, probably in the middle of the
13th century.
• The castle became property
of Matthew Csák – famous
master of this region –
at the turn of the 13th
and 14th centuries.
8. The Trenčin castle
• The castle is located in Western Slovakia in the city Trenčin.
• The oldest building is a stone rotunda, probably found in the
Great Moravian period.
• In the 13th to 14th centuries, the castle became the seat of
Matthew Csák, the legendary master of the River Váh and
Tatra mountain.
• Legendary water well is matched with the legend of Turkish
Prince Omar and his great love to the beautiful Fatime.
• He had to dig out this well
into the rock so we usually
called it „the Well of love“.
9. Bojnice castle
• Bojnice belongs to the most beautiful mansions in
Slovakia and also in middle Europe. It looks like the
castle from fairy tales.
• The Castle was built in the 11th century.
• It was owned by the most famous Hungarian noble
families and the last from
them was family of Pálfy
in the past.
10. Spiš castle
• Spiš castle are only ruins of the castle with large
area, it is one the biggest castle complex in
Slovakia.
• It rises above the small town called Spišské
Podhradie in Košice region in Eastern Slovakia.
• The castle is national cultural sight.
11. St. Elisabeth Cathedral
St. Elisabeth Cathedral is the biggest church in Slovakia.
It is situated in Eastern Slovakia in the city Košice.
Gothic cathedral started to be built at the end of the 14th
century and the end of construction dates to year 1508.
The Complex of the Cathedral
and near St. Michael´s Chapels
and also Urban tower was
declared a national cultural
sight in 1970.
12. The Castle Krásna Hôrka
• This beautiful National cultural sight lies in Middle Slovakia
in the region called Gemer above the village Krásnohorské
podhradie ( Undercastle)
• It was originally gothic castle from the beginning 14th
century.
• In Renaissance style it was rebuilt into fortress later to
representative aristocratic residence.
• Until the year 1812 the castle was
settled.
The last master Andrássy changed
it to family museum and from 1906
it was available for public.
13. St. James Church
• Roman Catholic Parish Church of St. James belongs to the
most important monuments of sacral art in Slovakia.
• It is in the town Levoča and belongs to the biggest Gothic
churches in Slovakia.
• It combines three National Cultural Monuments.
1/ the church architecture,
2/ the works of the medieval
well-known woodcarver
Master Pavol from Levoča.
3/ the works of the baroque
jeweler Ján Szullassy .
14. The monument of Milan Rastistav Štefanik
• This monument is memorial place - symbolic
monument of Milan Rastislav Štefanik situated in
Bradlo Hill.
• You can find it near Trnava town in Western Slovakia
• Milan Rastislav Štefanik (21.7.1880 – 4.5.1919) became famous
astronomer, military pilot, French general and he is one of the
most known personalities of Slovak history.
• He was an important person in
the founding of Czechoslovakia.
• The monument was designed
by the architect Dusan Jurkovic
and it is inscribed
in the UNESCO list of monuments.
15. Other monuments
In Slovakia you can find some monuments
devoted to the end of Second World War for
example Slavín in Bratislava
or to Slovak national Uprising like
Monument in Banská Bystrica.
16. Museum of Liptov village Pribylina
• Under the southern slopes of the Western Tatras there is
the Open Air Museum of Liptov village documenting the
folk architecture of Liptov.
• It started to built in connection with the flooding of an
extensive area to the west of Liptovský Mikuláš in the
construction of the water works Liptovská Mara.
• It is the exhibition of life
in the villages in Slovakia
in the past.
17. In this presentations we showed you only the part of
our beautiful historical places, castles, and monuments.
If you would like to see more you should spend
several days in our country.
You can admire here our nature, mountains, castles,
monuments and Open Air museums.
18. Short quiz
1/ In which city is situated the castle which looks like
huge rectangular building with four corner towers.
A/ Košice
B/ Bratislava
C/ Nitra
• Correct answer : Bratislava / the capital /
2/ In which castle can you find St. Emeram´s Cathedral ?
A/ Nitra
B/ Bojnice
C/ Krásna Hôrka
• Correct answer : Nitra
19. Short Quiz
3/ Do you remember what can you visit in Pribylina?
A/ the castle
B/ St. Elisabeth Cathedral
C/ Open Air Museum
Correct answer: C – Open Air Museum
4/ In which castle is „the Well of Love“ situated?
A/ Nitra
B/ Trenčín
C/ Košice
Correct answer: B - Trenčín
20. Thank you for interest
Created by Erasmus club in ZŠ of Viliam Záborský Vráble
Slovakia