Slanica Island of art
Permanent exhibitions of traditional folk art from the Orava Gallery collections have been located in the beautiful natural scenery of Slanica Island of Art, in the centre of the Orava Dam. Out of the five villages that disappeared forever below the surface of the water of the dam in 1953, only a low hill was preserved with a baroque church and a calvary, which once was the dominating feature of the village of Slanica. In 1971, the exhibition called “Slovak Traditional Folk Sculptures and Paintings” was installed in the interior of baroque-classical Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. In 1973, the lapidary “Orava 18th and 19th Century Stone Sculptures” was created in the exterior. The exhibition of the flooded villages and construction works of the Orava Dam is displayed in the former tomb. Thanks to their unique character, the exhibitions rank among the most visited sights of the Orava region. Visitors can get to the island by a ship called OG-SLANICA, which circulates from the port no. 2 in Slanická Osada during the summer season from 15th May to 15th September.
