Churches & monasteries
Wooden churches from the UNESCO list, Gothic town churches, hidden monasteries and pilgrimage chapels that few travellers visit. Each page tells the story and shows what else is nearby.
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28 places
Basilica of St Giles
Bardejov · Gothic basilica with eleven original winged altars
Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist
Prešov · Baroque cathedral with an iconostasis and a Shroud copy
Červený Kláštor
Pieniny · red-roofed monastery of the legendary flying monk
Chapel of Saint Rozália
Lamač, Bratislava · Baroque chapel built after the plague
Church and Monastery of St Catherine of Alexandria (Katarínka)
Dechtice · ruined monastery reached only on foot
Church of All Saints, Tvrdošín
Tvrdošín · Gothic log church with a painted ceiling
Church of St Catherine, Banská Štiavnica
Banská Štiavnica · Late Gothic church with a Last Judgement
Church of St Elisabeth (Blue Church)
Bratislava · the blue Art Nouveau church built like a jewel box
Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Kopčany
Kopčany · tiny pre-Romanesque church from Great Moravia
Church of St Stephen, Piešťany
Piešťany · Empire-style parish church of 1828–1832
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Žilina
Žilina · the twin-towered landmark, burnt and rebuilt
Church of the Transfer of the Relics of St Nicholas, Ruská Bystrá
Ruská Bystrá · 1730 log church, a UNESCO World Heritage site
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Pohorelá
Pohorelá · village church with a Coburg bench and organ
Church of Virgin Mary's Birth
Košice · Neo-Romanesque cathedral that was once taken from its flock
Clarissine Church
Bratislava Old Town · Gothic church whose tower rests on the nave corner
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession, Levoča
Levoča · domed Lutheran church on a Greek-cross plan
Holy Trinity Church, Podhradie
Bratislava · Baroque church that survived the Zuckermandel demolition
Mariánska hora
Levoča · pilgrimage hill where 650,000 gathered in 1995
Most Holy Trinity Church, Tvrdošín
Tvrdošín · Baroque church with a tower older than its walls
Plague Chapel of St Rosalie
Košice · octagonal Baroque chapel raised after the plague
Rotunda of St George in Skalica
Skalica · early Romanesque rotunda with a dragon-slayer fresco
St. Emmeram's Cathedral, Nitra
Nitra · Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque on the castle hill
Basilica of St James, Levoča
Levoča · Gothic basilica with the world's tallest wooden altar
St Michael's Chapel, Košice
Košice · Gothic cemetery chapel with a medieval ossuary
St Michael the Archangel Church, Dražovce
Dražovce, Nitra · one of Slovakia's oldest churches, once on a banknote
St. Urban Tower
Košice · bell tower with a bell that survived a fire
Wooden articular church of Hronsek
Hronsek · UNESCO Lutheran timber church built under the 1681 rules
Zobor Abbey
Nitra · ruined monastery of the oldest charters in Slovakia