Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 427,000, also the country's largest city.[1] Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two countries.
It and Vienna are also two of Europe's closest national capitals, at...
Banska Stiavnica is the most important mining town in Slovakia. The first written notes of it are coming back to 1217. There are many historical places of interest in the centre of the town: Town castle from the 13th century, building of mining and forest academy, town hall form the 14th century, late Gothic St. Katharine Church from the 15th...
The first written references about the town comes from the 13th century. The town’s economy reached its peak in the 15th century, when burgers prospered from the production and export of linen. In addition to the adjacent curative spa, the town also had , mills, a brewery, brickworks, a slaughter-house, and the town weighing scales,...
Banská Bystrica(Hungarian: Besztercebánya)(Slovak pronunciation (help·info); previously known also by several alternative names) is a key 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. With 81,281 inhabitants, Banská...
Piešťany (German: Pistyan; Hungarian: Pöstyén, Polish: Pieszczany) is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its own district. It is the biggest and best known spa town in Slovakia and has around 30,000 inhabitants.
HISTORY
The first human settlement in the area is...
The region of Komarno lies on the left bank of the river Danube on the east tip of “Zitny” island, at the lower flow of the “Little” Danube(Maly Dunaj), Nitra and Zitava.
It is not only the southern-most but also the lowest-lying place in Slovakia. There are a number of acacia groves abound in nectar, willow woods and poplars by the...
GEOGRAPHY
Trenčín is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around 120 km from Bratislava. It has a population of more than 56,000, which makes it the ninth largest municipality of the country and is the seat of the Trenčín Region and the Trenčín District. It has a medieval castle, standing on a...
Nitra (pronunciation (help·info); German: Neutra (pronunciation (help·info)); Hungarian: Nyitra / Nyitria [archaic]) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the Nitra River valley. With a population of 85,000, it is the fifth largest city in Slovakia. Nitra is also one of the oldest cities in Slovakia and the...
