Malé Karpaty (Small Carpathian Mountains) - Slovakia
Extent: 820 square kilometres.
This mountain range is located in west part of Slovakia and divide - similarly as fortification - Záhorská plainland from Danube plainland. The complex belongs to Fatra-Tatra area, which forms a part of West Carpathian Mountains. It is divided into four next parts, such as: Devínské, Pezinské, Brezovské and Čachtické.
Highest peak: Záruby (768 m).
Surface: afforested, including beech-wood and oak forests.
Climatic area: rather warm, in higher localities moderately warm area.
The territory was declared as Preserved Countryside Area in 1976.
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SR, Budmerice - Pálfi´s castle and park
The following photographs will take you to a beautiful English park from the second half of the 19th century with massive trees, whose unprecedented adornment is a pseudo-Gothic hunting lodge architecturally inspired mainly by Renaissance castles located on the French Loire River. It was built by the famous Pálfi family, the House of Slovak Writers was here for a long time and nowadays there is a museum exhibition documenting the history of the castle, the work of Slovak artists and the beauty of Easter eggs from all over the world.
Text and photos: Oskár Mažgút
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