Marína House

Marína House is the epicentre of love in Banská Štiavnica. Here you’ll find an exhibition dedicated to the longest love poem in the world—a title officially recognised by the World Record Academy.

The poem was written in 1846 by the national poet Andrej Sládkovič. It was dedicated to his love, Marína Pischlová, who lived in this house. The exhibition that is now here will use modern talking pictures to take you into their true love story… and explain why this flaming passion was not happily fulfilled in the end. In Sládkovič´s library you will experience the feeling of bathing in love and beauty. And if you are lucky enough you will have the opportunity to peek into Marína´s bedroom.

Marína House also now hosts the Love Archives, where you can add your own verses. The archives have space for 100,000 love stories and, when it is full, it will be the place with the highest concentration of love in the world.