Military Museum Piešťany

Museum & Gallery

The museum is a part of the Military Historical Institute and has its seat at the premises of a former military airport in Piešťany. The Exposition of Czechoslovak military Armature from the years 1945 to 1992 is the permanent exposition of the Military Museum Piešťany. The museum was opened on 25th of September 2004, after its removal from the exposition in Trenčín.

On its vast area, it offers to visitors an opportunity to see more than a hundred items of heavy and light technology, aircrafts and helicopters. They are exposed in the open air and in three former hangars.

The museum´s mission is to foster national historical awareness, collect and scientifically treat material documents of the military history of Slovakia and the Slovaks.

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Žilinská cesta 6545921 01Piešťany
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Tuesday – Sunday10:0015:00
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Tuesday – Friday10:0013:00
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Places Around

The underground

Former nuclear bomb shelter under a priori to be the Mecca of the young Slovak music. The new multi-genre space owner Ego wants to give space for the presentation of not only the young musician. At the time in Piestany it does not work any more music club becomes Basement places for a student concerts and events.

Bandstand

Music Pavilion MUŠĽA Piestany was built in 1968. The venue for musical performances and during the summer there are held promenade concerts.

House of Arts Piestany

The first purpose-built building outside Bratislava theater after World War II, conducted in the years 1974 - 1979 by architect F. Milucky. The bearers of architectural expression as architectural concrete, glass and red - mobile and fixed surfaces and shapes.

Sĺňava

A popular summer holiday resort, the water reservoir Sĺňava, is next to the world famous spa Piešťany situated in west of Slovakia.

Cultural and Social Center Fontána

The premises of cultural and social center fountain is designed for film and theater productions, lectures, symposia, congresses and exhibition for business.

Community center on the Spa Island

Social Center organizes programs that fill the leisure spa guests - classical music concerts, opera, operetta, musical performances of domestic and foreign music and dance bodies, jazz concerts, dance programs, chess meetings and other.

Remix Music Club Coffe & Bar

Come sit for a cup of coffee or a good mixed drink at night is a good time and dance to the newly opened club in Piestany! Input from 20r.

Municipal Cultural Center of Piestany

The premises of the Cultural Center are performed various concerts and theater performances, tours of amateur theater groups as well as the performances of schools, educational concerts and exhibitions.

Nutmeg

Restaurant Muscat offers corporate events and meetings, family reunions, weddings, christenings, anniversaries, diamonds and pleasant posedenioe in garden pond.

Restaurant Kominár

Daily menu: meal vouchers. Slovak specialties. Family celebrations for 34 guests.

Blue*S

Near the town center in an old house Piestany woven around zaujmave history is newly opened premise called Blue * S. Operation is only 300 meters away from the railway and bus station, towards the center of Piestany. The company offers in the main pizza restaurant with international cuisine. In the next section it offers a café-bar by the pub. The whole concept of the company is based on a nice blue color palette, figuratively and abstractly, enhanced by the original accessories and art works of regional artists represented in the permanent expozíícii our company.

Thyme

Restaurant Thyme also offers the possibility to organize social events, company parties, family reunions, graduations, banquets ...

Spa Hall - Kursalon

Spreading, solitary building stands on the edge of the City Park since 1894. It was designed by architect I. eclectically forming Alpari and despite several late changes retains most of its original decor. The focus of the composition is monumental, richly decorated with plastic space hall - "Salon" - from which derives the name of the older building: Kursalón. Since 1928 it is part of the building exposed to museum collections. The collections of the Museum of Balneology today are significant archaeological finds valuable ethnographic material, documents the history of spas and spa in Slovakia and other objects. Special position occupy sites linked to personality MR.

ASTON SPORT CENTER AS TRENČÍN

The AS Trenčín Sport Center in Trenčianske Stankovce is a multifunctional center combining the possibilities of sports, especially football, with the possibility of quality accommodation and boarding in Považský Inovca.

Pension Fuete

Pension Fuete located in a quiet part of town near the center and the pedestrian zone (10 min. Walk) and 300 meters from the city park. According to the international system of classification of hotels is 2-3 *** property.

Pension Astra

Offering a sauna and a hot tub, Penzion Astra is located in Piešťany, 1,300 m from the Kupelny ostrov Spa Island and 20 km from Cachtice Castle. Free Wi-Fi access is available.

Hotel Park ***+

Hotel park is situated in a beautiful city park, only 800 m away from the entrance to Piešťany’s Spa Island. It offers an elegant indoor pool with access to a summer terrace. There is also a rooftop terrace with views of Váh River.

Hotel Villa Anna Mary **

Hotel is situated in the beautiful city park near the spa. After the reconstruction is ready to take on the most demanding of guests who provide extra services, structure and scope.

Hotel Park Avenue ****

The Hotel Park Avenue is a charming boutique hotel in a large park of Piestany, offers air-conditioned accommodation units with a satellite flat-screen TV, and free WiFi access. The Thermal Bath of Piešťany is a 10-minute walk away.

Hotel Satelit ***

Just 500 m from Spa Island, this 3-star hotel in the centre of Piestany features a wellness centrum, free Wi-Fi, and a balcony in each room. Hotel´s parking is available.

Spa Hotel Splendid ***

Balnea Splendid is part of the hotel complex Balnea Grand Splendid, which is closed by Balnea center in the northern part of Spa Island. It is situated in a green park, which attracts for pleasant walks or sitting in the shade of centuries-old trees. On the one hand, it is a complex connected by passageway with balneorehabilitation, on the other side with Social center. All services at your fingertips.

ASTON SPORT CENTER AS TRENČÍN

The AS Trenčín Sport Center in Trenčianske Stankovce is a multifunctional center combining the possibilities of sports, especially football, with the possibility of quality accommodation and boarding in Považský Inovca.

Golf & Country Club Piešťany

Golf & Country Club Piešťany

The Spa Golf Club in Piešťany is situated not far from the well-known spa area. It was established as one of the first golf courses in Slovakia as early as in 1914.

Thermal swimming pool Eva

The complex, consisting of a 25-meter indoor swimming pool, open from the 50-meter swimming pool with springboard, the children's outdoor pool, the areas of accessories, the apartment manager and designated areas for sunbathing and for various sports, built between 1933-1934 by the architect A. Wimmer, A. and M. Szonyi Kolátor. Watering reconstructed several times, in the last quarter of the 20th century briefly examine the new entrance building.

Napoelon spa

On the territory of Piestany there are several spa houses, the oldest of which there are three objects Napoleonic Spa, located in the immediate vicinity of the Vah river. Bathhouses, whose functions can be throughout their existence has not changed, although the built gradually, but with the effort expressive mutually adapt. Urban are arranged in a U-shape to form a small square.

Slovak Health Spa Piestany

Slovak Health Spa Piestany

Natural healing sources - thermal mineral water and unique sulfuric mud - are the cornerstones of the spa.

ASTON SPORT CENTER AS TRENČÍN

The AS Trenčín Sport Center in Trenčianske Stankovce is a multifunctional center combining the possibilities of sports, especially football, with the possibility of quality accommodation and boarding in Považský Inovca.

Pillory

Cultural landmark

The Roman Catholic Church school

One of the most striking examples of eclecticism in Piestany. Original classicist municipal office building was rebuilt in the mid-twenties of the 20th century for the needs of the District Court. The author of the project of adaptation has been living in Berlin Piešťanský born architect R. Scheibner. Other changes - the last when changing the purpose of the school - the external appearance of the building eklekticistický not note. Scheibnerova pair of Doric columns on the main portal of the building is the only example of application of such columns in Piestany.

Old monastery

Medieval monument is hidden between the houses. On Detvianska little busy street in Piestany, for green fence between family houses, it hides almost unknown but important historical monument. Old monastery from the 14th century, the oldest building in the city. It includes a medieval cemetery, which archaeologists date the human remains to the 11th century.

Evangelic Church

Nave, in the term neo-Gothic church built in 1905, designed by J. Kratky. Austere ship has three fields arched cross vault and flat cap - the space is not allocated presbytery. The history of the temple - works together with the fitting-out lasted five months - to maintain a detailed report written by the main protagonist of the event E. Köhlera, published in 1909 in Budapest.

High school

Originally Masaryk secondary school - first performed construction on a new circuit, central, originally Comenius Square. It was built in 1926, designed by architect L. renaissance forming Skrivanek. The artist's means of expression included the sgraffito rustication, applied on all facades. The building gave the square measure of which predestined him, I really urban form. Construction Square scelila buildings parent agricultural village "old" Piestany with previously isolated settlements Teplice spa buildings in a single urban structure.

Liberation Monument

Unveiled in 1950; authored by local native academic sculptor V. Vavro.

Fountains

Gallery in the cultural and social center Fountain.

Spa Hall - Kursalon

Spreading, solitary building stands on the edge of the City Park since 1894. It was designed by architect I. eclectically forming Alpari and despite several late changes retains most of its original decor. The focus of the composition is monumental, richly decorated with plastic space hall - "Salon" - from which derives the name of the older building: Kursalón. Since 1928 it is part of the building exposed to museum collections. The collections of the Museum of Balneology today are significant archaeological finds valuable ethnographic material, documents the history of spas and spa in Slovakia and other objects. Special position occupy sites linked to personality MR.