Monastery buildings
Red roofs.
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Červený Kláštor, the «Red Monastery», is a small village in the far north of Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia, near the Polish border in the Zamagurie area, about 29 km north of Kežmarok and 38 km northeast of Poprad in a straight line. A monastery was founded here in 1710 and closed in 1782, but its building still stands and now houses a museum. The present village was founded in 1828. It lies at 462 metres and is home to the administration of Pieniny National Park, with the Dunajec river flowing alongside. The old monastery buildings, with white walls and steep red roofs inside a stone wall, stand on the bank of the Dunajec, with the forested limestone cliffs of the Pieniny rising behind, including the Three Crowns peak on the Polish side. Rafting trips in long wooden boats through the Dunajec gorge leave from the village, and visitors walk or cycle the path along the river. They visit the monastery museum and see its buildings from outside; summer is the best time for river trips.
Red roofs.
Boat trips.
Behind the village.
Červený Kláštor, Kežmarok, Prešov Region, Slovakia
Summer, for river trips.
The Dunajec gorge.
