Ľudovít Štúr was the leader of the Slovak national revival in the 19th century, the author of the Slovak language standard eventually leading to the contemporary Slovak literary language. Štúr was an organizer of the Slovak volunteer campaigns during the 1848 Revolution, he was also politician, poet, journalist, publisher, teacher, philosopher, linguist and member of the Hungarian Parliament.
Nad Tatrou sa blýska (English: Lightning Over the Tatras) is the national anthem of Slovakia. The origins of the anthem are in the Central European activism .
ThDr. Jozef Tiso (* 13. október 1887, Veľká Bytča (dnes Bytča) – † 18. apríl, 1947, Bratislava, popravený) bol rímskokatolícky kňaz, poslanec česko-slovenského parlamentu, člen česko-slovenskej vlády a jediný prezident prvej Slovenskej republiky, vtedajšieho satelitného štátu Tretej ríše. Po vojne bol odsúdený za vlastizradu a popravený.
Strečno Castle, Slovakia Gothic castle in northern Slovakia, 16 km east of Žilina. It was originally built in but the first settlement at the castle hill is much older dating back to century.
