Oľka, tourist attractions

St. Nicholas Church is a wooden Greek Catholic Church of the Eastern rite in the village in Bodružal, in the district Svidník in the Prešov region. Since July 8, 2008 it is registered in the list of world cultural heritage by UNESCO under number 1273-007. It comes from 1658 and is one of the oldest sacral buildings of Eastern rite in Slovakia. The church has three towers. It has a log construction in a shape of three squares setup on one axis from east to west. Its exterior is lined with wooden...

The Church of St. Michael the Archangel, also called the Wooden Church or Church, is a Greek Catholic wooden church in the village of Příkra. It has been a national cultural monument since 1968. It stands on an elevated stone foundation, which balances the slope of the terrain to the west. The entrance to the vestibule is from the west side. A special element is the covering of the roof spaces between the tower and the nave and between the nave and the sanctuary. The temple was reconstructed in...

The manor house, the dominant feature of the town of Humenné, was built on the site of a medieval water castle, a simple tower-shaped building surrounded by a moat. It is one of the most important cultural and historical monuments in the area. The manor house was built by the Drugeth family between 1619 and 1641 on the site of a burnt-out manor house. The manor has a square floor plan with a central courtyard. Its safety was to be guaranteed by square towers in the corners. The tower with the...

Čičva Castla Ruins stand on a hill in Ondavská Highlands above the village Sedliská. The castle was built in the 14th century and became a guard fortress at the "Polish Gate". It was the centre of the vast estate, which included more than 60 villages. In 1527, during the reign of Drughet family it was a meeting place and headquarters of the archive of Zemplínska stool. In the same year John Zápoľský conquered the castle and set it in fire. During the fire also the archive of...

Brekov Castle was a medieval castle whose ruins can be easily seen from afar when travelling between Strážske and Humenné. It was built in the Middle Ages as a guard castle, along with other nearby castles - Jasenov, Vinné, Čičava. They were built in the 13th century and belonged to the system of castles in Hungary - Poland route. In the first half of the 15th century its walls were strengthened and shortly afterwards the castle played a significant role in internal political fights, especially...

The Church of St. Paraskieva is a Greek Catholic wooden church located in the village of Dobroslava in the Svidník district in the Prešov region. The church dating from 1705 is a three-room building in the shape of a cross with a transverse nave standing on a high stone foundation. Its characteristic appearance includes three unequally high domes topped by towers with mines. The church area is surrounded by a fence. There is a cemetery inside the complex. The church was rebuilt in 1880 and finally...