Zólyom

Bálint Balassi memorial plaque in Zvolen

Literary

In 1994, the anniversary year of the birth and death of Bálint Balassi, poet and soldier who fought in the Ottoman Empire, the Palóc Society's initiative to commemorate Balassi was embraced by Slovak and Hungarian state bodies. The director of the Hungarian Institute in Bratislav... Read More

Bust of Ferenc II Rákóczi

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The Rákóczi statue that can be seen today in Borsi originally adorned the main square of Zólyom. It was placed in a metal case on its base, with the story of the statue's creation written on 4 sheets of parchment. ; The remains of the prince and his fellow exiles were brought to ... Read More

Zvolen Castle

Building, structure

The early history of the Garam River region is lost in the mists of historical times. All that is certain is that the endless forests, as elsewhere in the country, were used by the Árpád rulers as their private hunting grounds, and the sparse population served as forest and game ... Read More