Explore the day and night sky at Vartovka Observatory which used to serve as a guard tower. Nowadays you can get there by following the hiking path marked in yellow.
Explore the day and night sky at Vartovka Observatory which used to serve as a guard tower. Nowadays you can get there by following the hiking path marked in yellow.
Despite being unique at the European level, the projectors had been falling into disrepair since 1996. These Czechoslovak- made machines, MEOPTA UM 70/35 from 1969, were restored by a group…
The water regulation device (weir) formed part of a hydroelectric power station of the Slovenka textile factory – it was built on the Bystrica stream, upstream from the bridge on…
The smokestack remains can be seen in the walk-through courtyard of the house No. 16 on Horná street. The remains, now about 10m high and covered with a small pyramid-shaped…
Beer brewing in the town is documented in the earliest evidence (1501), the Town Charter (1524) and the Guild Statutes (1635). Brothers Július and Rudolf, sons of the goldsmith Alojz…