Hidden Slovakia
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Roman & early medieval sites

Roman forts on the Danube frontier, Great Moravian churches, hillforts and old sanctuaries. Less crowded than the big names, and more than a thousand years old.

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5 places

Celemantia, the Roman fort at Iža on the Danube
Roman & early medieval

Castra Celemantia

Iža · largest known Roman fort in Slovakia, UNESCO Danube Limes

Gerulata, the Roman military camp in Rusovce
Roman & early medieval

Castra Gerulata

Rusovce, Bratislava · Roman fort built with reused gravestones

Bratislava Castle on its hill above the city
Roman & early medieval

Great Moravian Basilica in Bratislava Castle

Bratislava · 9th-century church built from Roman bricks

Reconstructed Celtic settlement in the open-air archaeological museum at Havránok
Roman & early medieval

Havránok

Liptov · Celtic hillfort and shrine brought back to life

A menhir of the Holíč Sanctuary
Roman & early medieval

Holíč Sanctuary

Holíč · prehistoric menhirs nicknamed the Slovak Stonehenge