Gabčíkovo, museums and technical monuments

The water mill in Dunajská Klátov - it is the only cultural and technical monument in the Dunajská Streda district - is the last example of water mills that worked on Žitný ostrov. This mill has several specific properties. The first is that it is not located directly on the flow of the Little Danube, but on its arm - Klátovsky. Unlike the others, only the wheel and the drive part are located in a wooden outbuilding, the mill itself is brick. The mill was built in 1920 by Ján Csefalvay and...

The water mill in Jelka is located in a beautiful corner on the bank of the Little Danube. The restored mill, which originally belonged to Jozef Németh, is currently open to the public. A remarkable technical monument in southwestern Slovakia is accessible by a dirt road (1 km) from the road from the village towards Dunajská Streda. The oldest proof of the mill comes from 1894. The mill originally consisted of two ships built in the middle, connected by a massive mill wheel. The dominant part of...

Natural camp has already been predestined for its location for the most various activities. It is situated in the closeness of the town Kolárovo /ap. 500 meters ../ on the east border of „Rie island„. Natural camp lies on the foreland, which borders are formed by Small Danube and Váh from one side and by dried arm of Small Danube from other side. Since a half of the 15 th century belongs to the unthinkable part of the territory a Castle of peace its rummage /ground wall/ has been well...

In 1886, the Historical and archaeological association of Komárno territorial unit and town of Komárno was established. The documents serving as basis for writing the monography of this territorial unit, various archaeological and historical memories were collected by it. The collection of this association was the basis of the museum established later. In 1900, the association got a new name, Museum association of the Komárno territorial unit and the town of Komárno. Instead of actual collection...

Major tourist attraction in Komarno is the European Court situated nearby General Klapka Square. European Court is the single square with the symbol of whole Europe. It is the complex of buildings with the typical architecture features of the 45 countries and regions. There is a musical pavilion, sculptures of European patrons, 33-metre-high view tower and catacombs under ground that are made into a nice exhibition space.

Erdödy Palace is a luxury building on Ventúrska Street 1 in Bratislava, which was built in the 18th century, at a time when several luxury palaces were built: Palffy, Grasalkovič, Mirbach and Esterházy Palace. Many world-famous artists and composers, such as Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Liszt, were frequent guests in these palaces ... The palace was built in 1770 by Count Juraj Erdödy de Monyökerek according to a project by Matej Walch. It was built on the site of three older houses. Originally...

Michael's Gate is the only preserved gate of the original four in the Bratislava city fortification, today a monument in the Old Town. The tower was built at the end of the 14th century. It was named after the Church of Sts. Michael and according to him named suburbs, from which the Michael Gate entered the city. The towers have been built several times throughout history. The upper octagonal part of the tower was built in 1511-1517. It got its present Baroque appearance during the reconstruction...

Slavín in Bratislava is a memorial monument and cemetery for Soviet Army soldiers who fell during World War II while liberating the city of Bratislava in April 1945 from Nazi German troops. It is situated on a hill surrounding with rich garden suburbs and embassy residencies close to the center of Bratislava.