Missionaries Cyril and Methodius, co-sponsors of Europe, visited and worked in several European countries, and now tourists can follow in their footsteps.
The Council of Europe rated the address named after the missionaries, involving several countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe, adding Slovakia, in April this year along 4 European directorates.
“The Cyril Route and Method aims to publicize Europe’s non-unusual heritage,” the Council of Europe said. The direction contributes to the progression of European cultural cooperation, he added, and promotes European values.
The address thus enjoys the same as the well-known pilgrimage addresses of Santiago de Compostela and more than 40 more.
In Slovakia, tourists can make 33 stops similar to those of missionaries, spread across the western regions of the country.
Most of the places where other people can go are churches or castles and ancient wooden fortresses.
The well-preserved and popular castles of Nitra, Trenčín and Bratislava are on the list of places of interest. The road in Slovakia is also composed of thirteen fortresses, adding the castle of Ostrá Skala in Vyšný Kubín, in the region of Žilina.
You can also visit the Hájiček pilgrimage sites in Trstín, the Trnava region and Marianka in Bratislava.
Although there are 33 strategic locations to explore in western Slovakia, according to the Cyril and Methodius Route official, some other site map missions of the 863 Cyril and Methodius in Great Moravia are concentrated “only” at 24 locations in Bratislava, Trnava and Nitra. Regions.
This European cultural direction has 4 branches, of which it is vital for other reasons.
For example, the first course focuses on the territory of Great Moravia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, where Cyril and Méthode carried out the maximum of their work.
Another direction, in Southeastern Europe, attention to his legacy perpetuated through his followers. The third direction covers Austria, Bavaria, Slovenia and Italy. It symbolizes the adventure of the buyers to Rome, where they sought the popularity of the Christian liturgy in Ancient times. Slavic.
The last branch of this European cultural direction takes tourists to southern Poland, the teachings of Cyril and Methodius have also reached this region.
In 2021, the Council of Europe enabled 4 cultural routes in regions of Europe in addition to the Cyril and Methodius route.
The Way of Aeneas is connected to the legend of the ancient hero Aeneas. The Alvar Aalto Route celebrates the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, and the European Route d’Artagnan celebrates the story of the French musketeer d’Artagnan a whole new dimension.
The last qualified address is called the Iron Age Danube Route. Although the Danube is mentioned in its name, Slovakia is a component of the road.
However, 3 routes classified in recent years, the St. Martin’s Road in Tours, Transromanica and Iron Curtain Trail, cross Slovakia.