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Kalvária
A dramatic complex of 23 baroque religious buildings (19 chapels, three churches and a statue of the Virgin) cresting a hill 1km west of town.
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Spišská Sobota
Sixteenth-century Spiš-style merchants and artisans houses line Spišská Sobota town square. The suburb is 1.2km northeast of Poprads train station.
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Municipal Museum
The Municipal Museum is located in the 14th-century town hall. It comes complete with Renaissance courtyard and green-roofed neo-Gothic annexe.
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Slovak Mining Museum
The Slovak Mining Museum is a network of several mining-themed attractions around town, most notably at the wonderful Open-Air Mining Museum.
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Shire Hall
Built in 1779, No 27 Hlavné nám is the address where the Košice Government Program was proclaimed in 1945; today theres a minor art gallery inside.
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SNP Museum
Banská Bystricas key sight is one of the countrys best museums, the SNP Museum, documenting the Slovak national uprising and WWII Slovakia.
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Watcher
One of several intriguing bronze statues strategically positioned around Bratislava old town, the Watcher peeps out from an imaginary manhole on Panská.
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Galéria Bazovského
Temporary exhibits represent leading 20th-century Slovakian and Czech art, while the permanent collection includes works by local painter Miloš Bazovský.
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Blue Church
Every surface of the 1911 Church of St Elizabeth, more commonly known as the Blue Church, is an art nouveau fantasy dressed in cool sky blue and deeper royal blue.
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Jesuit Church
Youll often find a musician in traditional costume playing a fujara on the steps of the Jesuit Church, on the edge of Františkánske Námestie, which adjoins Hlavné Námestie.
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Slovak Karst National Park
In this dramatic national park, more than 1000 caves, crevasses and abysses make up Central Europes greatest karstic region. The subterranean highlight is Domica Cave near Dlhá Ves.
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Považké Museum
Check out the exhibits (Slovak only) depicting the notorious highwayman Juraj Jánošíks exploits (and gruesome death) at this small museum in Terchová above the tourist information centre.
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Statue of Juraj Jánošík
Above Terchová sits an immense aluminium statue of Juraj Jánošík, Slovakias Robin Hood. In early August, much festivity goes on beneath his likeness during the Jánošík Days folk festival.
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New Castle
A former lookout tower during the Hungarian-Turkish wars, the towns new castle was constructed only five years after the old one; inside are exhibits on the historical struggle against Turkish invasion.
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Apponyi Palace
Explore the areas winemaking heritage in the cellar exhibits of this restored 1761 palace. Theres an excellent, interactive English-language audio. Fork out another two euros and you can check out some period-furnished rooms too.
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Museum of Folk Architecture
Here you can see painted interiors and iconostases of the areas nailless wooden churches, including an ancient (Unesco-listed) example from Zboj. Still, hunting out the churches themselves in the surrounding countryside is more fun.
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Andy Warhol Museum
Medzilaborce in far-eastern Slovakia is where Andy Warhols parents grew up, and in 1991 the Andy Warhol Museum opened in this unlikely location as a shrine to pop art, with original works by Warhol, Basquiat, Lichtenstein and the like.
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Church of Mariánska Hora
From town you can see the Church of Mariánska Hora, 2km north, where the largest annual Catholic pilgrimage in Slovakia takes place in early July. You can walk or drive up for great views over Levoča: get directions in the tourist office.
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Domica Cave
Near Dlhá Ves in Slovak Karst National Park , Domica Cave boasts subterranean systems over 1000m long, as well as boat trips and 16 bat species. The tourist office on the main square in Rožňava, 65km west of Košice, has information on how to visit the park.
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Icon Exposition
At the Icon Exposition you can see more than 160 dazzling icons from the 16th to 19th centuries. Originally, the stylised portraits of Christ Pantocrator, the Mother of God and a whole flock of saints decorated Greek Catholic and Orthodox churches east of here.
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