Zemplín Castle (Slovak: Zemplínsky hrad; Hungarian: Zempléni vár) was a former stronghold, administrative center, and later private residence near the...
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as castle pevnosť - fortress, citadel kaštieľ - mansion or manor house List of castles in Europe List of castles List of Slovak castles at castles.sk...
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Orava Castle (Slovak: Oravský hrad, German: Arwaburg, Hungarian: Árva vára) is a castle situated on a high rock above Orava river in the village of Oravský...
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Bratislava Castle (Slovak: Bratislavský hrad, IPA: [ˈbracislawskiː ˈɦrat] ; German: Pressburger Burg; Hungarian: Pozsonyi vár) is the main castle of Bratislava...
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Bojnice Castle (Slovak: Bojnický zámok, Hungarian: Bajmóci vár) is a medieval castle in Bojnice, Slovakia. It is a Romanesque castle with some original...
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include Michalovce, Trebišov and Humenné. The region of Zemplín, administered from Zemplín Castle was already an administrative unit of Great Moravia in...
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Čachtice Castle (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʃaxcit͡se]; Slovak: Čachtický hrad, Hungarian: Csejte vára) is a castle ruin in Slovakia next to the village...
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Devín Castle (Slovak: hrad Devín [ˈɦrad ˈɟeʋiːn] or Devínsky hrad [ˈɟeʋiːnski ˈɦrat], Hungarian: Dévényi vár, German: Burg Theben) is a castle in Devín...
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Trenčín Castle (Slovak: Trenčiansky hrad, Hungarian: trencséni vár) is a castle above the town of Trenčín in western Slovakia. History of the castle goes...
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historical records the village was first mentioned in 1214. Zemplín is also the location of Zemplín Castle, former administrative center of the former Zemplén...
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Beckov Castle (Slovak: Beckovský hrad/Beckov; Hungarian: Beckói vár) is a castle in ruins located above the former town of Beckov in Nové Mesto nad Váhom...
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Strečno Castle (Slovak: Strečniansky hrad)(also called Strechun, Strechyn, Streczen, Streczan alebo Strežín) is a reconstructed ruin of a medieval castle of...
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Zemplén County (redirect from County of Zemplin)
6,269 km2 around 1910. Initially, the capital of the county was the Zemplín Castle (Hungarian: Zempléni vár, Slovak: Zemplínsky hrad), in the 13th century...
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Zvolen Castle (Slovak: Zvolenský zámok or incorrectly Zvolenský hrad is a medieval castle located on a hill near the center of Zvolen, in central Slovakia...
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The Krásna Hôrka Castle (Slovak: Hrad Krásna Hôrka, Hungarian: Krasznahorka vára) is a castle in Slovakia, built on a hilltop overlooking the village of...
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Nitra Castle (Slovak: Nitriansky hrad, Hungarian: Nyitrai vár) is a castle located in the Old Town of Nitra, Slovakia. It dominants the city and is a national...
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around the castle. Fort Gúta was built where the Kolárovo castle stood before it. According to tradition, Mary, Queen of Hungary ordered that castle to be...
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Pajštún Castle or Pajštún (Slovak: Pajštúnsky hrad,Hungarian: Pozsonyborostyánkő ,German: Peilenstein) is a ruined medieval castle in the municipality...
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Turňa Castle (Hungarian: Tornai vár) is a castle in Turňa nad Bodvou. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Turna castle. 48°36′40″N 20°52′28″E / 48...
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The Budatín Castle (Slovak: Budatínsky zámok) is a castle in north-western Slovakia, near the city of Žilina, where the Kysuca river flows into the Váh...
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Muráň Castle (Slovak: Muránsky hrad; Hungarian: Murány vára), is a ruin of a medieval castle above the village of Muráň, in the Muránska planina National...
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Červený Kameň Castle (Slovak: Hrad Červený Kameň, Hungarian: Vöröskő vára, German: Bibersburg, earlier Rotenstein) is a 13th-century castle in southwestern...
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Castle (Slovak: Smolenický zámok) is a castle in the eastern slope of the Little Carpathians, near the town of Smolenice, Slovakia. Smolenice Castle was...
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Šariš Castle (Slovak: Šarišský hrad, Hungarian: Sáros vára) is a ruined Gothic and Renaissance era stone castle above the town of Veľký Šariš in Prešov...
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Zborov Castle (Slovak Zborovský hrad, also called Makovica; Hungarian Zboró vára) is a ruined Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque era stone castle above the...
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ISBN 80-88878-49-7. OCLC 43708716. "Názvy hradov a zámkov" [Names of castles and châteaux] (PDF) (in Slovak). Bratislava: Úrad geodézie, kartografie...
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Čabraď Castle (Slovak: Čabradský hrad, Hungarian: Csábrág) is a castle ruin in Slovakia near the village of Čabradský Vrbovok, in the southeast of Krupina...
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traditional region of Zemplín. The castle is listed in the National Cultural Heritage list of the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic. The castle hill saw human...
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Považský hrad (category Ruined castles in Slovakia)
Vágbeszterce vára, Waagburg, Bistrizza, Bestruche castrum) is a ruin of medieval castle on the right side of the river Váh, near Považská Bystrica in Slovakia....
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The Ľupča castle towers above the village Slovenská Ľupča. It's the highest located castle building in the Hron area (Pohronie). The castle is built on...
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