There are 6 areas in Slovakia listed on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites, 18 towns with collections of landmark treasures of unique, middle-age architecture, 72 national cultural sights, 10 museums of folk architecture – open-air museums with the most typical folk buildings from the individual regions of Slovakia, 50 galleries, 72 national cultural sights and over 50 technical landmarks, 9 national parks, 14 publicly accessible caves, highly-valued thermal spas, thermal and open-air swimming pools, wellness centers, ski-centers, etc.
Slovakia ’s Unique Attractions:
• The highest, 18.6 m tall late-gothic, wooden altar from the beginning of the 16th century in the Church of St. Jacob (Kostol sv. Jakuba) in Levoča (masterpiece by the master craftsman Paul of Levoča),
• Unique museum in the town of Kremnica (the mint has been in continuous operation since 1328),
• The first technically-oriented college in the world – the Mining Academy in Banská Štiavnica
(established in 1762 by Maria Teresa),
• Krásnohorská cave boasts one of the tallest dripstones at 32.6 m tall, which was recognized by the Guiness Book of Records,
• St. Elisabeth Cathedral in Košice (Eastern Slovakia, the easternmost western-style cathedral in Europe,
• Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art Medzilaborce, the first in the world and only one of its kind in Europe, • The only aragonite cave in Europe - Ochtinská Aragonite Cave,
• Historical logging switchback railway, Vychylovka, the only still operating logging switchback railway in Europe,
• The Janko Kráľ Garden in Bratislava - the oldest European public park (since 1776),
• A modern technical sight is the New Bridge over the Danube River (built in 1972) with its steel construction hung on one pylon, with a weight of over 7,000 tons,
• 12,935 km of marked tourist paths, considered to be the most extensive network in Europe
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