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Ždiar (Hungarian: Zár, German: Morgenröthe, Goral: Zor) is a village and municipality in the Poprad District in the Prešov Region in Spiš in northern Slovakia. History [ edit ]
This is a list of castles in Slovakia. This list includes palaces, citadels and manor houses. These Slovak words translate as follows: hrad, hrádok - castle; zámok - correctly: château, commonly translated as castle; pevnosť - fortress, citadel; kaštieľ - mansion or manor house
The Tatras are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains and span the border between Slovakia and Poland. Though currently ice-free, they were covered by glaciers in the Pleistocene epoch. Several glacial landforms are visible, including moraines and glacial lakes. In Slovakia, the area is protected as the Tatra National Park. [24]
Slovak National Museum in Martin; Slovak Red Cross Museum; Slovak Technical Museum; Small Carpathian Museum; St. Urban Tower; See also. Slovakia portal;
Slovakia's largest open-air museum, located in Martin. Múzeum liptovskej dediny - Museum of the Liptov Village, Pribylina; Located in Pribylina, in the Liptov area. Vlkolínec Museum Village; Features many traditional buildings and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Múzeum kysuckej dediny - Museum of the Kysuce Village, Vychylovka
From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. The mining heritage of the village and the natural environment of the Volovské vrchy (hills) has made Betliar into a tourist destination. [citation needed] The most well-known place in the village is the manor house, built on the site of a small Bebek's castle from the 15th century.
Žďár nad Sázavou Castle houses today serves cultural purposes and houses the New Generation Museum, an audiovisual museum presenting the history of the castle complex and other important buildings in the region. Part of the complex is the Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption and St. Nicholas of the former monastery. [4]
The castle was partly reconstructed in the second half of the twentieth century, and extensive archaeological research was carried out on the site. The reconstructed sections house displays of the Spiš Museum, which is responsible for managing the castle, [5] and artefacts such as torture devices formerly used in the castle.