Originally a hunting castle, with its permanent specialized exhibition of Housing Culture of the Nobility in the 18th and 19th Century, the Castle Betliar has belonged to the administration of the Slovak National Museum – Museum Betliar since 1996. From the point of view of attractiveness, it belongs to the most visited ones and from [...]
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Castle of Topolcianky
June 17th, 2010 
srmodh Picturesque scenery of a large English-style park with a monumental classicist chateau is situated in the northern part of the municipality Topo??ianky. Archaeological research was carried out in 1990 in the courtyard of the chateau and uncovered the foundations of the oldest stone architecture from the 13th century. Already in the mid-16h century Topo??ianky was [...]
World Cup 2010
June 6th, 2010 srmodh The FIFA World CUP it is the second most watched sporting event after the Olympic Games. The World Cup attracts huge crowds of fans to watch this event on TVs or listen to it on the radios. And those true blue football fun crowd the football stadiums.
EUROPA 2010 Children’s Books Slovakia
May 3rd, 2010 srmodh The phenomenon of illustration is an integral part of children books, enriching the text with visual perception which is so attractive for the young reader. Slovak illustration has its reputation around the world. Albín Brunovský (1935 – 1997) belongs to its most important Slovak representatives. He was engaged especially in illustrations, graphic creation and painting. [...]
400th Anniversary of the Žilina Synod
March 28th, 2010 srmodh Ideas of religious Reformation had quickly spread in the 16th century also in our country. After the patriciate of Eastern Slovak royal towns and Medieval mining towns, the Hungarian nobility gradually inclined to Reformation and so at the beginning of the 17th century, a significant part of today´s Slovakia territory was Protestant. At the Country [...]
Matthew Czak of Trencín
March 13th, 2010 srmodh The uncrowned king of Upper Hungary (today’s Slovakia) Matthew Czak was born in about 1260. His father Peter and his uncle Matthews held the office of Marshall Palatine during the reign of the incompetent king Ladislav IV. Cuman, and as a result, they were obtaining large properties in the south-western Slovakia. The young Matthew Czak [...]
President of the Slovak Republic
January 26th, 2010 srmodh Slovak post will issue a postage stamp featuring president of Slovak Repoblic. Title: President of the Slovak Republic Date of Issue: 29 January 2010 Country: Slovakia Denominations: 0,40 €
Winter Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver
January 20th, 2010 srmodh Slovak post issued a postage stamp “XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver”. The winter games is hosted by Canada at Vancouver in February 2010.
