The Levice district in Slovakia has the largest area. Important historical sites mentioned include Levice Castle from the 13th century, the Tekov Museum located at the castle documenting the region's history and culture, and unique rock dwellings carved into tuff in Brhlovce serving as former homes and protection. The document also describes the Bohunice water mill dating to the 19th century used for milling grain, the memorial room in Zeliezovce where composer Franz Schubert taught music, and Franz Sacher's birthplace where the famous Sacher cake originated.

1. LEVICE DISTRICT
The district with the largest area in Slovakia

2. Levice Castle
• The castle was built in the second half of the 13th century with the
aim of preventing southern access to the Central Slovak mining
towns.
• The Tekov Museum is also located in the area of ​​Levice Castle. It is a
Slovak regional patriotic museum that documents the history, natural
sciences and folk culture in the region. It owns more than 110,000
collection items from the areas of living and inanimate nature,
history, archeology and folk culture.

4. Rock dwelling Brhlovce
• Rock dwellings in Brhlovce are a unique Slovak and a rare gem that
few people know about. It is a complex of rock dwellings carved into
tuff.
• In the past, these dwellings served as protection against the Turks,
later as houses for the poor. At present, these rock dwellings are a
monument reserve of folk architecture.
• These rock dwellings are interesting not only to look at. They hide a
unique feature - they cool in summer and play in winter. These
extremely rare dwellings are proof of a peculiar, but also clever way of
life.

7. Bohunice water mill
• Water mill, a folk single-storey building on the floor plan of a
rectangle with a gabled roof from the end of the 19th century.
• The charming millstead, built by the local stream, consists of a
residential and technical part, which are separated by walls and have
separate entrances from the courtyard. The living area, furnished with
period furniture and inventory, consists of a room, a kitchen and a
chamber, to which a cellar adjoins. The technical part consists of a
mill with completely preserved functional milling machines and a
wheelhouse.

9. Memorial room of Franz Schubert - Želiezovce
• The composer Franz
Schubert (* 1797-
1928 †) worked in
Želiezovce in 1818
and 1824 as a home
music teacher for
the daughters of
Count Ján Karol
Esterházy de
Galanth.

10. Franz Sacher's house
• You can also taste real Sacher cake in Želiezovce.
• This specialty was born around 1832 in the Viennese court, in the kitchen
of Prince Metternich. His chef fell ill, so he was given the opportunity by a
16-year-old culinary apprentice, Franz Sacher, who invented the cake.
Maškrta proved successful, gained world fame, and Sacher also became
popular. For this reason, he got to Želiezovce, to the manor of the
Esterházy family, as a chef. The Sacher family demonstrably spent the
winter in 1842/43 in Želiezovce. Here their son, Eduard, saw the light of
day, who opened his patisserie at the Vienna Opera in 1876, and later the
well-known hotel chain Sacher.
• The house in which the Sacher family lived during their stay in Želiezovce,
and in which Eduard was born, still stands today.