The cultural-historical monuments
- the Roman-Catholic Neo-Gothic Church of St Catharine built in 1910 at a place of a
former old wooden church
- the Evangelical Neo-Romanesque Church built in the years 1901-1902 at a place of
other wooden church according to the project of M.M.Harminec.
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Museum of the Liptov village
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The biggest tourist attraction of village is the
Museum of the Liptov village. It
grows among great mountain meadows under Kriváň and the Liptovské hills. It creates a
model of several villages with a lord county.
It were concerned here mainly monuments from the area of the dam Liptovská Mara.
A copy of the Neo-Gothic manor-house from Parížovce with its high roof dominates above
whole area and also the Gothic Church of Virgin Mary from Liptovská Mara.
In the area are traditionally organized programs like for example the Ovčiarska nedeľa
(the Shepard's Sunday), the Children Sunday, the Sunday of natives, the Sunday of
bee-keepers, the Sunday of St Hubert one time a month. In July and August there are
shown folk craft technics - weaving, work with wood, making bobbin laces, work with
metal and leather, weaving baskets and of straw.
Famous natives and important persons:
Dr.Ján Lajčiak (1875-1918), a preacher, an expert on oriental languages, the Slovak
sociologist.
Dr.Ján Rumann (1876-1928), studied law, later representative of the Košice's country, a
writer
Matej Šuňavec (1873-1949) - a mason - a pioneer of the Slovak work movement.
Daniel Pribiš (1580-1645) - an evangelical priest in the years 1611-24.
Daniel Miroslav Bacha - a writer that had lived in the years 1861-1874 in Pribylina, and
founded a library and an amateur theatre group.
Martin Rázus - a poet that had lived in our village as priest in the years 1913-1920.
Handicrafts
To the most typical belonged rafting (wood was floated down the Belá river to Liptovský
Hrádok)
Resort of herdman's huts (in the surroundings of village existed many chalets)
Masonry (masons left to the southern parts of Hungary because of jobs. The Pribylina's
masons were famous because of building up several palaces in Budapest)
Tourist attractions and activities
The Hotel Permon, Podbanské - 10km (a swimming pool, bowling centre, gymnasium, tennis
courts, sauna, massages, fitness, discotheque)
Caves - Demänová, Važec - 20km
The folk festival Východná - (at the beginning of July) - 15km
The summer swimming pool, Liptovský Ján - 12km
The thermal swimming pool, Bešeňová - 30km
The High Tatras