Where to look for monuments - experiences and recommendations

Above Považské Podhradí, a local part of Považská Bystrica, on a rocky limestone hill 420 meters above sea level, stands the massive ruins of Považské Castle. You can reach the castle by following the yellow marked tourist path from Považské Podhradí. Považ castle was founded at the end of the 13th century to guard the important trade route leading to Považ.

The town of Trenčín, on the banks of the Váh River, is one of the oldest settlements in Central Europe. On the castle rock is a Roman inscription from the time of the so-called Marcomanni War from 179 AD It is the first written report about the settlement of Laugaricio and the presence of 855 soldiers II. Roman legions on the territory of today's city. The Roman inscription can be seen from the Tatra Hotel.

Čachtice, with its infamous castle, is a small town in the Little Carpathians. Before you climb the castle, you can visit the Renaissance Draškovič Castle. The Čachtice Museum is located in the castle, which is an extended exhibition of the Trenčín Museum. Historical expositions from prehistoric times to the present day are located here. Here you will find a collection of historical documents, a collection of weapons and portraits.

Just 10 km north of Trnava in the village of Dolné Krupé stands a nice castle. The castle was built at the end of the 18th century by Count Josef Brunswick, and this castle is one of the most beautiful examples of rural classicist architecture in Slovakia.

The castle in Telč is a Renaissance complex of buildings built on the foundations of a Gothic castle. Rich interiors are installed in the castle buildings. In the Golden Hall, a unique gilded coffered ceiling with carved reliefs in its center. The walls of this hall are then decorated with portraits of noble ancestors. The Blue Hall also has a remarkable coffered ceiling.

A water fortress stood in Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou as early as the 15th century, which the Meziříč family from Lomnica had rebuilt into a Renaissance castle. After Bílá hora, the Questenberk family acquired the castle, and during the height of the Baroque, the well-traveled and educated Count Jan Adam of Questenberk had it rebuilt into a magnificent Baroque residence, which also included the Baroque Church of St. Markets.

On a hill on the left bank of the Jihlava River, near Žerotín Square, stands the Třebíč Castle with the Basilica of St. Procopius. The original Benedictine monastery from 1101 was rebuilt in the middle of the 13th century in the Romanesque-Gothic style into a massive fortress.

Originally a Renaissance castle stands on Vratislav Square, which was later rebuilt in the Baroque style and currently has a richly detailed Neo-Renaissance facade. The castle is the seat of the Horácka Gallery.

There is a permanent exhibition of the classicist line of Czech sculpture of the 20th century, supplemented by a landscape painting in Horáck.

According to legend, Veveří Castle, on a rocky promontory above the Svratka River, was founded in 1059 by the Moravian prince Konrád I. The prince got lost while hunting, chasing a deer, wandered in the forest, and then fell asleep on the moss and had a beautiful dream.