Spišské Podhradie

Spišské Podhradie is a town in Spiš in the Prešov Region of Slovakia. Its population is 3,775.
Spišské Podhradie is situated at the foot of the hill of Spiš Castle. It had a Zipser German settlement, with its own church and priest, in 1174. Just above, and adjacent to, the town is the ecclesiastical settlement of Spišská Kapitula. The town contains a number of Renaissance merchants' houses. It also has one of the few remaining synagogue buildings in the region. The Sivá Brada cold water spring is located nearby.

WWW spisskepodhradie.sk

Population

It has a population of people.

Twin towns — sister cities

Spišské Podhradie is twinned with:

Głogów Małopolski, Poland
Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona, United States
Show Low, Arizona, United States
Vrbové, Slovakia

Dreveník

Dreveník is a mesa-shaped travertine mound in the Hornád Basin and a national nature reserve. It is located on the border of the districts of Spišská Nová Ves and Levoča. This area, with an area of 1,018,186 m², has been protected since 1925. Together with the nearby Spiš Castle, it has been included in the World Heritage Site of UNESCO since 1993. It is also the largest travertine massif in Slovakia.