UNESCO heritage in Slovakia

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.

“Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations" 

Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. Places as unique and diverse as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America make up our world’s heritage.”


What makes the concept of World Heritage exceptional is its universal application. World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irre spective of the territory on which they are located.

Slovakia joined UNESCO on 3 February 1993.  

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Slovak properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

Cultural:

Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity (1993)

Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve (2000)

Spišský Hrad and its Associated Cultural Monuments (1993)

Vlkolínec (1993)

Wooden Churches in Slovak part of Carpathian (2008)

Levoča - medieval town (2010)


Natural:

Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (1995)

Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (2007)


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Banská Štiavnica - medieval mining town - date of inscription: 1993

It is one of the most strikingly beautiful and historically interesting towns in Slovakia. In December 1993 it was inscribed on the List of World Cultural and Natural Heritage of UNESCO, thus receiving a great international recognition. The inscription includes the town’s historical centre plus the technological monuments in its surroundings.

Bardejov - date of inscription: 2000

The earliest written record dates back to 1241 and can be seen on the yellowed pages of the Ipatyiev Monastery Chronicle. The extensive territory of "terra Bartfa" can be found in written records dating back to 1247. At the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries colonists from Silesia settled down near the settlement lying on the main communication route. In 1320 King Robert granted them extensive rights, which speeded up the process of transformation of the chartered village "Bardejov" into a town. In 2000 Bardejov was enlisted into UNESCO World Heritage List.

Spiss Castle (Spišský hrad) -date of inscription:1993

On a dolomite rock 200 m above the surrounding land, at the elevation of 634 m, there is one of the most precious cultural monuments in the Spiš region that reigns over the Spiš basin - the Spiš Castle. It is not just an evidence of architectural development from the 12-th to the 18-th century. With its area of 41 426 m2 it is at the same time one of the largest castles in the Central Europe.

 

Vlkolinec - date of inscription: 1993Caves of Aggtelek carst and Slovak carst - date of inscription: 1995

Vlkolinec - a live, well-preserved reservation of folk architecture, which was in 1993 inscripted in UNESCO heritage list. 

Wooden churches - inscription in 2008

The Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area (Slovakia) inscribed on the World Heritage List consist of two Roman Catholic, three Protestant and three Greek Orthodox churches built between the 16th and 18th centuries. The property presents good examples of a rich local tradition of religious architecture, marked by the meeting of Latin and Byzantine cultures.

Levoča - medieval town - date of inscription: 2010

historic town-centre of Levoča founded in the 13th and 14th centuries within fortifications. Most of the site has been preserved and it includes the 14th century church of St James with its ten alters of the 15th and 16th centuries, a remarkable collection of polychrome works in the Late Gothic style, including an 18.6 metre high alterpiece by completed around 1510 by Master Paul.

Caves of Aggtelek carst and Slovak carst - date of inscription: 1995

Represent a coherent karst landscape with different kinds of crevices and caves. There are more than 700 caves in Slovakia.

Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians - date of inscription: 2007

The Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathian, an outstanding example of undisturbed, complex temperate forests, constitute a transnational serial property of ten separate components along a 185 km axis from the Rakhiv Mountains and the Chornohirskyi Range in Ukraine, west along the Polonynian Ridge, to the Bukovské Vrchy and Vihorlat Mountains in Slovakia 

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