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History Talks: The last mansion of Senica
The Senica mansion was probably designed by architect Franz Anton Hillebrandt of Vienna.
Thanks to a birthday gift and Ukraine, Slovakia has intercontinental ballistic missile
Slovakia destroyed the Soviet ballistic missiles stored in its territory in 2000. One such missile is on display in eastern Slovakia.
History Talks: Imminent invasion? Let's build a clock tower
The clock tower in Banská Bystrica was built in 1552.
Bratislava's iconic Salvator pharmacy is being revived: Restorers are now at work
The full-service pharmacy will serve as a kind of living museum, with staff dispensing medicines while also presenting its story to tourists.
More than a hundred years ago, Slovaks voted for the first time. Have they learned anything since then?
Under communism, they dutifully voted in fake elections.
History Talks: Absinthe wine?
If water is contaminated, drink wine instead, as in the past.
Scientists find fossil lizard from the dinosaur era in India
A Slovak palaeontologist part of the team behind this discovery.
History Talks: The first cars in Liptov
In 1914, about 470 cars were registered in the territory of today’s Slovakia.
Unearthing the past: Archaeologists discover – and record – a 1950s toy
A Czechoslovak toy unearthed in Nitra has been sent to an archaeological repository.
History Talks: Johannisberg, Kremnické Bane or Piargy?
The place of worship in Kremnické Bane was probably built in the 13th century.
History Talks: Rising from the flames
Bernolákovo palace was built in the calm following war and has survived multiple catastrophes.
All roads lead from Žilina
This postcard captures the increase in change between the city vs the country in the 1930s.
History Talks: From Slovakia to Poland...in the same spot
The stronger side gets what they want, whether in the 17th or 20th centuries.
History Talks: distaster in Komárno again...and again
As regards bad luck, it poured in Komárno over the centuries.
History Talks: Uzhgorod knows war well
The Ukrainian town that is now known as a point of escape once belonged to then-Czechoslovakia.
History Talks: Conspiracy in the kingdom
Some of the Hungarian nobility, also spread out over today's Slovakia, had secret plans concerning the Habsburg king.
History Talks: Slovaks on both sides of the battle
A battle between Hungary and Austria took place on Slovak soil in 1849, with Slovaks on both sides.
Remarkable Bratislava spa will feature a Roman bath-style pool
The Grössling Spa is one of the last unrestored national cultural monuments in downtown Bratislava.
Czechs do not need to talk about "mental Slovaks"
Keep calm, neighbours, Babiš is not worth raising chauvinist waves.
Curious about life behind the former Iron Curtain, Englishman's plan to move to Slovakia for six weeks changed to forever
Hugo Green, a British Chartered Accountant, had heard very little about Bratislava before his relocation in 1994.
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