Ondavská Highlands (Ondavská vrchovina), museums and technical monuments

National  Cultural Monument,  this building  is unique in Slovakia, it combined  elements  of  the Early-Renaissance typical  for areas north of  Alps with the fading  out of  Late-Gothic artistic  and architectural  details. The high stepped gables and pitched roofs, as well as the  staircase  oriels  are  unique  and  characterize  the two-storeyed block-like building of the former Town Hall located in the  middle of the square. It  was the headquarters of the town council, and also the centre of economic, social and cultural  life of the  local burghers. The  construction...

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 entrance gate and drawbridge over the moat opens in the middle of the façade. The manor house in...