{"id":2158,"date":"2020-05-26T11:30:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T10:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/kam-ist-na-vylet\/sabinov-a-okolie\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T11:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:50:41","slug":"sabinov-a-okolie","status":"publish","type":"kam-ist-na-vylet","link":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/kam-ist-na-vylet\/sabinov-a-okolie\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabinov and surroundings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The town&nbsp;<strong>Sabinov<\/strong>&nbsp;lies on the river floodplain&nbsp;<strong>Torysa<\/strong>, between the mountain ranges&nbsp;<strong>Bachure\u0148 and \u010cergov<\/strong>, at an altitude of approximately&nbsp;<strong>324 metres<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first written reference to Sabinov dates from the year&nbsp;<strong>1248<\/strong>. A significant milestone was the year&nbsp;<strong>1299<\/strong>, when the king&nbsp;<strong>Andrew III.<\/strong>&nbsp;granted town privileges. In the year&nbsp;<strong>1405<\/strong>&nbsp;Sabinov became&nbsp;<strong>a free royal town<\/strong>&nbsp;and, towards the end of the 15th century, it joined an association of five major towns in eastern Slovakia known as&nbsp;<strong>Pentapolitana<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The town developed mainly thanks to&nbsp;<strong>crafts and trade<\/strong>, but during the 19th and early 20th centuries, its economy gradually stagnated. The inhabitants were mainly engaged in agriculture and worked in small businesses, such as a sawmill, a tannery or a canning factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The historic centre of the town has retained its typical&nbsp;<strong>Lens-shaped Square<\/strong>&nbsp;and the remains of medieval fortifications. The most significant monument is&nbsp;<strong>the Gothic Church of St John the Baptist<\/strong>, whose high altar was crafted in the workshop of&nbsp;<strong>Master Pavol of Levo\u010da<\/strong>. Other notable landmarks include the Renaissance bell tower, the former lyceum, Evangelical churches, a Greek Catholic church and an Orthodox church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sabinov was an important centre&nbsp;<strong>Education and Culture<\/strong>. A number of prominent figures from Slovak cultural life were active here, including&nbsp;<strong>Bohu\u0161 Nos\u00e1k-Nezabudov<\/strong>&nbsp;and theatre professional&nbsp;<strong>Janka Borod\u00e1\u010da<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Second World War, most of the local&nbsp;<strong>of the Jewish population deported to concentration camps<\/strong>. The town was liberated in January&nbsp;<strong>1945<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Sabinov is a regional centre with a rich cultural life. Visitors are drawn to its historic centre and the forest park&nbsp;<strong>\u0160vab\u013eovka<\/strong>, the surrounding mountain ranges&nbsp;<strong>\u010cergov and Bachure\u0148<\/strong>, ruins&nbsp;<strong>Hanigov Castle<\/strong>&nbsp;and a holiday resort&nbsp;<strong>Drienica \u2013 Lys\u00e1<\/strong>, which offers opportunities for both hiking and winter sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find a complete overview of the attractions in the list <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/lokalita\/sabinov-a-okolie\/\">Attractions: Sabinov and the surrounding area<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":5525,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"kategoria-poi":[],"lokalita":[27],"sezona-poi":[],"trvanie-vyletu":[],"class_list":["post-2158","kam-ist-na-vylet","type-kam-ist-na-vylet","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","lokalita-sabinov-a-okolie"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kam-ist-na-vylet\/2158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kam-ist-na-vylet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kam-ist-na-vylet"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategoria-poi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategoria-poi?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"lokalita","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lokalita?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"sezona-poi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sezona-poi?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"trvanie-vyletu","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trvanie-vyletu?post=2158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}