Danubiana - Meulensteen Art Museum
One of the most romatic modern art museums in Europe - the Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum - is located less than 20 km south of Bratislava.
It was founded by the Dutch collector and patron of the arts Gerard Meulensteen and the Slovak gallerist Vincent Polakovič. Since its opening in 2000, ...
Snina Mansion
The mansion in city of Snina is a classicistic mansion from the end of the 18th century. The mansion was built by Terézia van Dernáth in 1781. Countess Terézia van Dernáth was the granddaughter of the last male descendant of the Drugeth family who have been the lords of Snina since about 1321. The sons of countess sold in 1799 Snina with unfinished mansion to Rholl family - entrepreneurs in mining and metallurgy, who discovered iron ore in Vihorlat mountains. Jozef Rholl finished building of mansion in 1800. The two-floored building with a rectangular ground plan was a beautiful lordly residency with many rooms - bedrooms, dining room, guest rooms, salons, hall, kitchen and chamber. In years 1850 - 2009 mansion had several owners, in 2009 the owner became a city of Snina. The mansion was renovated in 2012 and opened to the public in year 2013. The manour house is seat of museum with permanent exhibition at present. The permanent exhibition in the mansion maps the history of the city, the times of the First and Second World Wars, historical sights of the town of Snina and there is a demonstration of manor house furniture from 19th century. There is also a seat of the city gallery in the manor house and there are organized social and cultural events, exhibitions and concerts of classical music.
Small Hincovo Lake
Small Hincovo lake (in Slovak Malé Hincovo pleso) is mountain lake in Slovakia situated in a Mengusovská valley (Mengusovská dolina) in High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) mountains. It has a maximum depth of 6 meters and area 0,0222 km², it is located at an altitude of 1 923 m. a.s.l..
Tatra Mountains
The Tatra Mountains (in Slovak Tatry) are located in the north of Slovakia and in the south of Poland. It is a geomorphological unit of the Fatra-Tatra area. In Slovakia, it is located in the Prešov region (in the districts of Poprad, Kežmarok) and in the Žilina region (in the district of Liptovský Mikuláš). The Tatra Mountains have an area of 786 km2, of which 610 km2 in Slovakia and 176 km2 in Poland. The highest peak in Tatra mountains is Gerlach Peak (Gerlachovský štít) 2,655 m.a.s.l., which is also the highest peak in Slovakia. The second highest peak in the Tatras and in Slovakia is Lomnický Peak (Lomnický Štít) 2634 m.a.s.l.. The name Tatras is often understood as the name of individual mountain units - High Tatras, Low Tatras, Western Tatras, Eastern Tatras, Belianske Tatras, and they are often considered from the point of view of tourism as one mountain range, one unit or their division is understood as High Tatras and Low Tatras. According to the geomorphological division, the Tatra Mountains have the Eastern Tatras and the Western Tatras sub-units. The Tatra Mountains and the Low Tatras as a wholes belongs to the Fatra-Tatra area (Alpine-Himalayan system -> Carpathians -> Western Carpathians -> Inner Western Carpathians -> Fatra-Tatra area). Below is an overview according to geomorphological division. You can find more information about geomorphology in the article Geomorphology of Slovakia. According to the geomorphological division, the Low Tatras are a separate whole located to the south of the Tatras.
