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Slovakia
• Capital city: Bratislava
• Currency: Euro (2009)
• Official language: Slovak
• Population: 5 500 000 inhabitants
 • EU & NATO member since 2004
• Part of Schengen area since 2007
• Adapted € as a new currency in 2009
• Independent nation- state since 1993
• Type of government: republic with parliamentary
democracy
• Head of state: President (Zuzana Caputova)
 7th century 9th century 10th century 16th century
Samo´s Empire Great Moravia Upper Hungary Habsburg monarchy

IMPORTANT YEARS IN OUR HISTORY

19th century 20th century World War II.
Codification of Slovak Geopolitical unit of Fascist Slovakia
language Czechoslovakia (satelit of Germany)

1944 1948- 1989 1993

Slovak National Uprising Czechoslovakia First Slovak Republic
Under the influence of Soviet Union
1989- VELVET REVOLUTION
There are more than 220 castles in Slovakia
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U Levoča

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Spiš castle
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Banská Štiavnica

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 Vlkolinec

Wooden churches

Caves of Slovak Karst

Carpathian forests
 PETRA MAREK
PETER SAGAN
VLHOVA HAMSIK

FAMOUS PEOPLE
ZUZANA CAPUTOVA

MILAN LUDOVIT JURAJ

RASTISLAV STUR SLAFKOVSKY
STEFANIK
THE HIGH TATRAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
 SOURCES

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Slovakia, 26 UNESCO places in Slovakia (traveltipy.com)

Slovakia | History, Map, Flag, Population, Language, Capital, Currency, & Facts | Britannica

About Slovakia – slovakia.com