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Nov 29, 2018
Not far from Dunatőkés (Dunajský Klátov) is the Cséfalvay watermill. Its speciality is that it is not situated on the Little Danube, but on one of its branches, on the banks of Tőkési Branch. The watermill was built from stone and brick, the mill-wheel and the frame are made of wood. The state bought the mill in 1986, a year later it was renovated, its current owner is the Great Rye Island Museum.
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Nov 28, 2018
The two-story house built formerly as coffee house and hotel was sold by its owner, hotelier Pleyer Károly to the city administration in 1901. Since 1902 the upper part of the facility served as municipal offices, while the ground floor accommodated a pharmacy. In the building yard city prison and police station was created for the communal police. Later, as the years passed, the two-storey building has been renovated and restored several times; so it was in 1958-59 when the building was extended. The building was reshaped again: over the entrance a tower was erected as part of the city's...
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Nov 28, 2018
The Klapka Square presents its dominant feature – the statue of György Klapka, a representative of the Hungarian Revolution in 1848-49. In 1849 general Klapka was in command of defence of Komárno as the last fort of revolutionists against Austrian imperial army. The building of Komárno Town hall even today serves as the municipal office. The first town-hall building together with many other buildings in Komárno was destroyed by extensive earthquake in 1763. From then the town-hall was several times destroyed again and rebuilt. It received its current shape in 1875. At 10 am, 12 am, 2 pm and 4...
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Nov 28, 2018
The shipmill in Kolárovo (Gúta) is one of our rare artefacts, giving proof to the creativity and ingenuity of our ancestors. It operates as a mill museum at present. It can be approached by an adventurous walk through an 86-meter-long covered wooden bridge standing on stilts, known as the longest wooden bridge in Europe. The shipmill itself and this unique wooden bridge are part of the open air museum exhibiting local vernacular architechture. A small zoo with household animals has also been opened near the mill.
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Nov 28, 2018
Watermills have been enriching the scenery of riverside towns and villages in Europe for centuries. These mills originated in Roman times and have been present in our country since the 12th century. On the territory of the current Slovak Republic one can find a significant number of them on the banks of the Danube and Váh rivers. The structure of watermills was adjusted to the strength of drift. Undershot mills were built along the Danube and Little Danube, and overshot mills were used at faster mountain streams. The building itself could be standing on the water‘s surface mounted on stilts,...
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Nov 28, 2018
The Officers' pavilion is situated in Komárno, in the centre of the town. It was built in 1858-1863 in a neo-Gothic style. It bears Francis Joseph´s personal motto on the main façade: VIRIBVS VNITIS („By united strengths”). Originally the pavilion offered accommodation to the Empire Army officers and their families. On the first floor there was a casino established for officers. Today the municipality uses the pavilion as offices. There is also an open-air theater which is popular place for the local newlyweds to take photos during the summer.
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Nov 28, 2018
Upper Rye Island, standing for the part of Rye Island which formerly belonged to the County of Bratislava, enchants us with its incomparably rich, ancient churches. According to tradition from Vojka nad Dunajom (Hun: Vajka), the establishment of this dense system of churches is attributed to King Saint Stephen who visited the area rather often to help the spread of the Christian faith. The outcome of his effort saw 12 churches erected in honour of the 12 apostles of Jesus. Noone is aware of precisely which were the first evangelised places in Upper Rye Island. It is likely that in the times...
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Nov 28, 2018
Upper Rye Island, standing for the part of Rye Island which formerly belonged to the County of Bratislava, enchants us with its incomparably rich, ancient churches. According to tradition from Vojka nad Dunajom (Hun: Vajka), the establishment of this dense system of churches is attributed to King Saint Stephen who visited the area rather often to help the spread of the Christian faith. The outcome of his effort saw 12 churches erected in honour of the 12 apostles of Jesus. Noone is aware of precisely which were the first evangelised places in Upper Rye Island. It is likely that in the times...

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