Bratislava Castle
Bratislava Castle is the dominant of the Capital of the Slovak Republic - Bratislava. It stands on a hill on the left bank of the river Danube, where dominates building of the former royal palace. The castle is an important memorial of historical development in the history of Great Moravia, ...
Guitar Museum
Guitar Museum in Sobrance in Slovakia is a unique exhibition - one of the few of its kind in the world. The Guitar king Janči Ferko from Sobrance in Slovakia has done something exceptional. In small town Sobrance he built a Guitar Museum that maps the complete development and production of electrophonic guitars in former Czechoslovakia after the Second World War. Today, there are 1200 exhibits in the museum. There are 200 guitars, keyboards, amplifiers and period exhibits, accessed for vistors at present time in the gallery. In continually expanding gallery of music instruments belongs to the most valuable exhibits electrophonic contrabasses, hawai guitars and guitars Grazioso, awarded by gold medal at the EXPO 58 in Brussel. Grazioso guitars were provably used by famous musicians of the world music scene The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton. Musem attracted interest of many well-known Slovak and Czech musicians and donated to Janči Ferko their own instruments (Peter Janda, Maťo Ďurinda, Peter Kaplan...). Founder Janči Ferko received exclusive offer to establish a museum in Prague, Bratislava or Košice. His collection was also wanted by a Czech company producing guitars. Janči, however, remained faithful to Sobrance. This small town can be proud by the invaluable uniqueness that attracts tourists and the media regularly. Follower of the Guitar King - his son Imrich has long been co-operating on the project with father and continues the started activities, he himself is a former musician. After the completion of the entire project, the whole area will be a place of culture, a music center and a place of interesting concerts. A gallery of modern art will also be here.
Blue lake
Blue Lake (in Slovak Modré pleso) is the highest located mountain lake in High Tatras in Slovakia - in Region Prešov (Prešovský kraj), district Poprad. It is located under the Small Ice Peak (Malý ľadový štít) at the end of Small Cold Valley (Malá studená dolina) at altitude of 2 192 m a.s.l. ...
High Tatras
High Tatras (in Slovak Vysoké Tatry) is highest mountain range in Slovakia and is the only mountain range in Slovakia with an Alpine character. It is located in the north of Central Slovakia in Prešov Region (Prešovský kraj) - districts Poprad, Kežmarok and in Žilina Region (Žilinský kraj) - district Liptovský Mikuláš. The area of mountains is 341 km² (260 km² in Slovakia and 81 km² in Poland). Highest peak of High Tatras is Gerlach Peak (Gerlachovský štít) - 2 655 m. a.s.l., which is the highest peak in Slovakia. More information can be found in the Hills and peaks section. From a geomorphological point of view High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) as a geomorphological part is part of sub-whole East Tatras (Východné Tatry). Part High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) is not divided into subsections. More information can be found in the Division section.
