The Fortress of Komárno, in the south of Slovakia, is the largest and the most important memorial of this kind in Slovakia. With its size and the degree of preservation it is unique in Europe. As a matter of fact there have been efforts to enlist it into the heritage of the UNESCO. The town […]

Romans built the defensive system called Limes Romanus next to the river Danube. One of the advanced forts on the left side of this great European river stood next to the village of a Iža not far away from Komárno. Remains of this system represent one of the most important Roman monuments in Slovakia. In the locality Leányvár or the […]

The Courtyard of Europe is the name for the unique architectural work of the architects from the Atelier Europe in Komárno. The buildings in the new square with a surface of 6,500 m2 are stylistically designed and they represent historical architecture typical for particular parts of Europe. The historical centre of Komárno, a town situated in […]

J. Selye University is the only Hungarian-language university in Slovakia. It was established in 2004 in Komárno (Hungarian: (Rév)Komárom) and it has three faculties. It is named after Hans Selye (Hungarian: Selye János), a 20th-century Hungarian endocrinologist (see: Education in Slovakia). Number of students has sharply decreasing trend. Comparing to almost 10 000 in first few years it decreased to about 1-2 thousands together in all […]

Komárno is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers. Historically it was formed by the “old town” on the left bank of Danube, present day Komárno in Slovakia, and by a “new town” on the right bank, present day Komárom in Hungary, which were historically one administrative unit. Following World War I and the Treaty of Trianon, the border of the newly created Czechoslovakia cut […]