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TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: WHAT TO VISIT IN SLOVAKIA
SLOVAKIA
 

Tourist attractions: Beyond to the beauties of the state capital, Bratislava, Slovakia is a country of castles, mountains (in particular the Tatra mountains) and medieval villages. The castle of Spiš is the largest medieval castle complex in the middle Europe. The Slovenský kras karst is the largest karst area in the middle Europe, there are 1110 caves and gulfs and other karst creations located here, the accessible caves are Domica, Jasovská, Gombasecká and Krásnohorská cave, which are part of the UNESCO world natural heritage.  

Unesco has inscribed 7 Slovakia sites in the World Heritage List: Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity (1993), Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve (2000), Spišský Hrad and its Associated Cultural Monuments (1993), Vlkolínec (1993), Natural Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (1995), Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (2007), Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area (2008).

 

Between the properties submitted on the Tentative List are: Gemer and Abov churches with the medieval wall paintings (1995), Tokaj Wine Region (2002), Original Meadow - Pasture Sites of Slovakia (2002), The Memorial of Chatam Sófer (2002), Limes Romanus - The Roman antique monuments on the Middle Danube (2002), System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno - Komárom (2002), The concept of the lenticular historical town core of Košice City (2002), Extension of the location of Spišský hrad and its associated cultural monuments with Levoča and the work of Master Paul in Spiš (2002), Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain (2002), Karst Valleys of Slovakia (2002), Natural and Cultural Landscape of Danube Region (2002), Fungal Flora of Bukovské Hills (2002), Geyser in Herlany (2002), Sites of Great Moravia: Slavonic Fortified Settlement at Mikulčice – Church of St. Margaret at Kopčany (2007).

 

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