This picturesque village is situated near the town of Ruzomberok, 718 m above sea level. Vlkolinec is known for its wooden architecture well preserved, there are 40 wooden houses from 15th to 19th century, which from the outside look exactly alike.
The first news written about village goes back to 1376. In the 18th century lived here the highest number of inhabitants (280), today live here about 20 persons. Vlkolinec was in 1944 marked by the war and a part of the village was burnt.
In the village it is situated the wooden Bell Tower of 1770 that dominates this peculiar village. Beyond the Bell Tower there is the Church of the Visit of the Virgin Mary of 1875, the Well - built with wooden logs of 1860 and the Museum that it is situated in the Farmer’s House with the historical exhibition about village and information office.
In 1977 Vlkolinec was declared like protected Reserve because of its country’s folk heritage The most important date for the village was the year 1993, when Vlkolinec has been included in the World's cultural heritage list of UNESCO.

(Religious capital of the Spis region). Also the history of Spisska Kapitula is connected with the history of the Spis castle. It is situated on the eastern part of the slope of the Martin's hill ,1 km from the town of Spisske Podhradie.
This small ecclesiastical seat of the 13th century is completely surrounded by stonewalls, built between 1662-1665. Today is the seat of the Bishop of Spis and the centre of Church administration.

The Cathedral of St. Martin - this three naves construction in the late-Romanesque style is of the first part of the 13th century. It has two Romanesque twin towers and a gothic sanctuary. The cathedral was different times restored. Between 1488 and 1499 was connected to the church the late-gothic Zapolsky funerary chapel and in the years 1777-1778 the cathedral was restored in baroque style.
The cathedral has particularly valuable interior, especially the Gothic altars; the altar of St. Martin (1470-78), the altar of the Three king, the altar of St. Michael, the altar of the Virgin Mary Falling Asleep, the neogothic altar of the Pietà. The most precious altar is the neogothic triptych altar of the Coronation of the Virgin Mary created in 1493, it is the Zapolsky Chapel. Near the door it is located a very precious object - a white lion (Leo albus) a Romanesque stone sculpture originated of the 13th century, and is one of the little examples of the Romanesque art in Slovakia.
On opposite sides of the cathedral are situated the Seminary and the Bishop's Palace of the 15th century, in Romanesque origin and more later restored in gothic and baroque style.

The Early-Gothic church of the Holy Spirit at Zehra is part of the heritage of the 'UNESCO. It was built between 1245 and 1275. Inside the church are very precious frescoes. The oldest frescoes are from the end of the 13th century, while the most recent one was painted in in the half of the 15th century.
The most beautiful fresco is the Tree of Life (Arbor vital) and dominates on the northern wall of the nave. It was painted around 1400. The other precious objects in the church are - the stone baptismal font of the 13th century, the altar and the pulpit of the 17th century.

The town under the Spis castle is of the 11th century, but its importance grew after the settling of Saxons in the 12th and 13th centuries. In that time the small own developed as a community below the castle, mentioned in 1249 for the first time. The town of Spisske Podhradie was an important centre of crafts. Its history is connected to the history of the Spis castle.

The monuments of the city:
The church of the Virgin Mary - the original gothic church of the 13th century, was different times restored. Its contemporary appearance in classical style is of 1829. From the original construction have preserved only the tower and the portal of entrance. Inside the church is situated a very precious gothic Virgin Mary triptych altar and the gothic baptismal font in bronze of 1390.
The civic hospital (the Monastery and Church of the Mercedarians) - it was constructed in 1327 and it came used like small civic hospital. In the 17th century the building was inherited by the religious order of "merciful brothers" who enlarged the hospital and annexed two town-houses to the monastic complex and than baroquized it.
The Evangelical church - it was built between 1799 and 1808. Inside the church and in the center of the main altar it attracts the caution the picture of Christ on the Mount of Olives that is of the same period of the construction of the church.
The Jewish Synagogue - it is of 1875, after a fire was rebuilded again. The Synagogue is only sustained in the whole Spis region and is reconstructed now, and a museum/gallery will be opened in it.
The Town hall - it is of 1546 built in Renaissance style and the Marian Column - dating from 1726 in Baroque style. Both are located in the center of the Marian square.