CASTLES OF PREOV REGION DAA KOVOV and ERIKA

CASTLES OF PREŠOV REGION DAŠA KOVÁŘOVÁ and ERIKA VOJTKOVÁ II. E

KAPUŠANY CASTLE �Built in 13 th century on top of a steep hill �Defend the Royal road going fom Prešov to the north �Family Moglód �Destroyed and rebuilt � 1715 – destroyed for the last time

ZBOJNÍCKY CASTLE �Situated in Slanske vrchy �Built in 13 th century �Castrum Sowar (soľnohrad) �Nowadays - state nature reservation

KEŽMAROK CASTLE �First mention : 1463 �First owners : Imrich and Štefan Zápoľskí �Situated in the centre of the town �Seat of the museum �Burnt down several times �Myth of the Black Lady

ĽUBOVŇA CASTLE �Built after 1292 by Hungarian King Andrew III. �Polish crown jewels �As protection for business � 16 th century castle burned

ŠARIŠ CASTLE � 13 th century �One of the oldest and biggest in Slovakia �Royal Castle � 15 th century – owner: Matej Korvín �Burned down in 1678 �Nowadays: Šariš catle games

SPIŠ CASTLE �built in the 12 th century �Registered in the list of monuments of the World’s Cultural and Natural Heritage of UNESCO �One of the largest castle sites in Central Europe �Political, administrative, economic and cultural centre

SOURCES �http: //www. slovakheritage. org/Castles/kapusany. htm �http: //www. visitslovakia. com/kezmarok-castle/ �http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Šariš_Castle �http: //sk. wikipedia. org/wiki/Šarišský_hrad �http: //www. visitslovakia. com/spis-castle/ �http: //sk. wikipedia. org/wiki/Zbojnícky_hrad

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