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    Website. www.zilina.sk. Žilina ( Slovak: [ˈʒilina] ⓘ; Hungarian: Zsolna [ˈʒolnɒ]; German: Sillein [zɪˈlaɪn, ˈzɪlaɪn]; Polish: Żylina [ʐɨˈlina] ⓘ; names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around 200 kilometres (120 mi) from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders.

    • Mariánske Námestie (St Mary’s Square) Žilina’s main square is a space with real grandeur that has been central to city life since the 1300s. It’s 100 metres across and 100 metres along, and is bounded by houses with traditional gables and continuous lines of arcades on the ground floor.
    • Church of the Holy Trinity. The cathedral’s story echoes the rest of Žilina, as it has been razed by fire three times. The most recent reconstruction took place in 1942, but even if not everything is historic inside there’s no denying the charm of its two emblematic spires.
    • Church of The Conversion of St Paul the Apostle. This church dates to 1754, and its pair of 32-metre towers breaks the line of low townhouses on the west side of Mariánske Námestie.
    • Budatín Castle. This castle dates to the 1200s and was constructed to claim tolls at the confluence of the Váh and Kysuca Rivers. One factoid about the building is that it was in the hands of just two different families from the 15th century to the 20th century, the Suňogs, and then the Csákys who owned it up to the end of the Second World War.
  2. ŽILINA is the metropolis of the north-west of Slovakia, a town at the confluence of three rivers - the Vah, the Kysuca and the Rajčianka, and the fourth biggest town of the Slovak Republic. It is the seat of the Žilina Self-Governing Region and a gate to the region of Horné Považie.

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  4. ŽILINA is the metropolis of the north-west of Slovakia and a "pearl of the Váh river". It is one of the oldest Slovak towns with unique history and many rare historical and artistic monuments.

  5. Žilina, town, north-central Slovakia. It lies along the Váh River at its confluence with the Kysuca and Rajčianka rivers. Originally an early 13th-century Slavic trading settlement, Žilina became a free royal town in 1312. It has an arcaded marketplace and medieval buildings, including the.

  6. Žilina is a town in Central Slovakia with population of 80,000 (2024), and the capital city of the Žilina administrative region. Zilina - main square. Understand [ edit] Zilina is the fourth largest town in Slovakia. Kia Motors Company has a large plant in Zilina.

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