Levoca Mountains (Levočské vrchy), national cultural monuments

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List of tourist attractions Levoca Mountains (Levočské vrchy)

Spis Castle

Spišské Podhradie (area: Levoca Mountains, region: Spis)

Massive ruins of Spis Castle are lying on the travertine hill of 634 metres above Spis settlement around the castle. The ruins are the largest in Slovakia as well as in Central Europe. Although the first historical notes about the castle come back to the year 1120, archaeological evidence proves a settlement on the castle hill already in the 4th century BC. It was a district centre castle in the 12th century. In the first half of the 13th century there were protective stone forts around the castle acropolis. The fortification saved the castle against Tartars attacks in 1241. In that time Romanesque...

Church of St. James

Levoča (area: Levočská Walley, region: Spis)

Church of St. James in Levoča, originally in gothic style, is the second largest church in Slovakia, national monument and a building of a particular art-historical significance. Originally the church from around the year 1280 stands on its place. The current church was built from the first third of the 14th century. The church was modified at the end of the 15th and early 16th century, partly in the 17th century. In the temple you will find the ornamental late-Gothic painting, several frescoes groups: on the northern wall of the left side of the ship in two rows of seven works of mercy...