Abraham (formerly Szentábrahám; today Abrahám, Slovakia) is a small settlement situated south of Trnava. In the immediate vicinity of the village, which today has a population of only 1,094 inhabitants, an encroaching wilderness threatens to reclaim the landscape. It is a fairy-tale forest where the…
The three towers with gleaming copper roofs of the Esterházy residence in Cseklész (now Bernolákovo, Slovakia) shine through even the splendor of the Baroque nobility of the time. Its princely appearance, lavish proportions, and vast, legendary park were reminiscent of the home of princes –…
The age of water stairs, iron and steel did not pass without a trace in Liptov either: between 1969 and 1975, a huge dam system was used to create a reservoir near Liptószentmiklós (Liptovský Mikuláš), officially for flood protection. The artificial lake, named Liptovská Mara…