Palaces, bridges & modern monuments
Baroque palaces, bridges over the Danube, TV towers, memorials and a prison turned landmark. Photogenic places that younger travellers love.
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24 places
Archbishop's Palace, Košice
Košice · rococo palace where an emperor once lodged
Aspremont Palace
Bratislava · baroque summer palace in the Medical Garden
Budatín Castle
Žilina · round-tower castle where two rivers meet
Červený most
Bratislava · red steel bridge on the oldest steam railway
Dubník Transmitter
Slanské vrchy · 318 m mast, Slovakia's tallest structure
Esterházy Palace
Bratislava · Neo-Renaissance palace with stone atlantes
Johann Pálffy Palace
Bratislava · Classicist palace over Celtic and medieval remains
Kamzík TV Tower
Bratislava · Slovakia's tallest tower, a 1975 steel and concrete icon
Kolonádový most
Piešťany · Slovakia's longest covered bridge, with etched glass
Leopoldov Prison
Leopoldov · star-shaped Baroque fortress, a prison since 1855
Mária Valéria Bridge
Štúrovo · Danube bridge destroyed twice and reborn in 2001
Mausoleum of Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Bradlo · Jurkovič's white travertine tomb with four obelisks
Mirbach Palace
Bratislava · Rococo palace built by a brewer, now a gallery
Monostor Bridge
Komárno · steel cable-stayed bridge over the Danube, opened 2020
Pálffy Palace (Ventúrska)
Bratislava Old Town · Baroque palace, mint and Mozart legend
Primate's Palace
Bratislava · palace where the 1805 peace was signed
Prístavný most
Bratislava · steel bridge with a motorway above the railway
Roland Fountain
Bratislava · the 1572 fountain where a king plays the knight
Slovak Astronomical Clock in Stará Bystrica
Stará Bystrica · Slovakia's only astronomical clock, carved in wood
SNP Monument and Museum in Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica · brutalist memorial to the 1944 uprising
Starý most
Bratislava · Danube bridge that changed names and shape
Summer Archbishop's Palace
Bratislava · archbishops' summer seat that now houses the government
Zobor Transmitter
Nitra · a 1993 broadcasting tower on a hill full of history
Považská Bystrica Viaduct
Považská Bystrica · the D1 bridge that crosses a whole town