The confluence of the Nitra and Nitrica rivers
Manor house in Šimonovany
St. Thomas Church in Partizánske
Slovak National Uprising
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The Slovak National Uprising was an attempted insurrection organised by the Slovak resistance during the Second World War. It was directed on the one hand against the German invasion of Slovakia by th
Partizánske
…settlement. The whole municipality was renamed to Baťovany in 1948 and given town status. As a sign of recognition of local inhabitants fighting in the Slovak National Uprising, the town was renamed Partizánske on 9 February 1949. The factory was renamed by communists to Závody 29. augusta (29 August works), and it produced…
Monument to the National Uprising in Banská Bystrica
Edvard Beneš, 1940–1945 President of the Czechoslovak government in exile in London
Gustáv Husák, Leading functionary of the Slovak Communists (1986)
Lieutant Colonel Ján Golian, First commander-in-chief of the insurgent army.