Discover the story of rocks, minerals and fossils that surround us in cities every day. The Decorative Stones application presents geology in a popular way through stones used in architecture – from historical cladding, paving, portals and staircases to artistic sculptures.

In Slovakia, building and decorative stone has been used for more than 2,000 years. While in the past, domestic materials or stones from Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic dominated, in the last 30 years they have been imported to us from all corners of the world.

What can you find in the application?

  • Rich photo documentation: Each location (church, palace, castle, statue or public building) is shown in overall and detailed photos with a professional description.

  • Interactive map: Clear maps of realizations and specific quarries.

  • Linked dictionary: Just click on an unknown word directly in the text and the application will immediately explain it to you.

  • Literature: List of the most important professional sources.

📱 Convenient even on the go: We are constantly updating the database and the application is fully adapted for display on mobile devices. devices.

Useful links:

👉 [ Comprehensive catalog of decorative stone locations ]

👉 [ Dictionary of decorative stones ]

How to cite a database correctly?

If you use data from the application in your work, cite parts of the database as follows:

Pivko D. 2025: concrete realization… In: Pivko D., Antalík M., Cibula R. and Lacenová K.: Application of Decorative Stones, State Geological Institute D. Štúr. Available at: https://www.geology.sk/dekoracne-kamene/.

Authors and project partners

The application was created in cooperation between the Department of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, Comenius University in Bratislava and the State Geological Institute Dionýz Štúr.

If you have any comments on the texts or suggestions for improving the application, do not hesitate to contact our guarantors:

Task Guarantor Contact

Expert guarantor

(author of texts and photos)

 doc. RNDr. Daniel Pivko, PhD.

📞 02 / 9014 9225

📧 daniel.pivko[at]uniba.sk

Technical guarantor

(application design and development)

 RNDr. Róbert Cibula, Ph.D.

📞 02 / 59375 380

📧 robert.cibula[at]geology.sk

You can run the application in two different modes depending on what tools you need:

[ Run standalone application ]

[ Open in the SGIDŠ Geoportal environment ]