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Places to see in Slovakia

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Spiš CastleUNESCO

  Spišský hrad

  Ruins · Košice Region

  The ruins of Spiš Castle in eastern Slovakia form one of the six largest castle sites in Slovakia. The castle is situated above the town of Spišské Podhradie and the village of Žehra, in the region known as Spiš. It was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1993.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Andrei Stroe (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  VlkolínecUNESCO

  Heritage site · Žilina region

  Vlkolínec is a village under the administration of the town of Ružomberok in Slovakia. Historically, however, it was a separate village. The first written mention of the village came from 1376 and after 1882 it became part of Ružomberok.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Fry72 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Wooden churches of the Slovak CarpathiansUNESCO

  Drevené chrámy v slovenskej časti Karpatského oblúka

  Landmark · Žilina region

  Carpathian Wooden Churches is the name of a UNESCO World Heritage Site that consists of nine wooden religious buildings constructed between the 16th and 18th centuries in eight different locations in Slovakia.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Arpad (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Dobšiná Ice CaveUNESCO

  Dobšinská ľadová jaskyňa

  Cave · Košice Region

  Dobšiná Ice Cave is an ice cave in Slovakia, near the mining town of Dobšiná in the Slovak Paradise. Since 2000 it has been included on the UNESCO World Heritage list as a part of the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst site, because of its unique cave formations and its natural beauty.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Juloml (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  StužicaUNESCO

  Park & nature · Prešov Region

  Stužica is a uniquely preserved and undisturbed primeval beech forest of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is located in Slovakia and borders with Poland and Ukraine. The forest has been protected since 1908 and in 1993 the area was upgraded to a National Nature Reserve.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Caroig (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Kalvária Banská ŠtiavnicaUNESCO

  Banskoštiavnická kalvária

  Park & nature · Banská Bystrica Region

  Calvary Banská Štiavnica is a late-Baroque calvary, architectural and landscape unit in Slovakia, unique in extent and content, formed in the years 1744–1751.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Draceane (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Bratislava

  City · Bratislava Region

  Bratislava is the capital and largest city of Slovakia and the fourth largest of all cities on the river Danube. Officially, the population of the city proper is about 479,000, with the wider Bratislava Region exceeding 732,000 inhabitants.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Rob Hurson from Kentstown, Ireland (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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  Košice

  City · Košice Region

  Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary and Ukraine. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest city in Slovakia, after the capital Bratislava.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ville Miettinen (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Banská Bystrica

  Town · Banská Bystrica Region

  Banská Bystrica 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.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: GSouthFace (Public domain). Map

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  Prešov

  Town · Prešov Region

  Prešov is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region and Šariš.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ing.Mgr.Jozef Kotulič (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Gerlachovský štít

  Mountain · Prešov Region

  Gerlachovský štít, informally referred to as Gerlach, is the highest peak in the High Tatras, in Slovakia, and in the Carpathian Mountains. Its elevation is usually listed at 2654.4 m above sea level.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Kristo (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Bratislava Castle

  Bratislavský hrad

  Fort · Bratislava Region

  Bratislava Castle is the main castle of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The massive rectangular building with four corner towers stands on an isolated rocky hill of the Little Carpathians, directly above the Danube river, in the middle of Bratislava.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map