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BRATISLAVA CASTLE Bratislava

BRATISLAVA CASTLE

Bratislava (area: Little Carpathians, region: Bratislava and surroundings)

This majestic castle is towering on a rocky spur of the Male Carpathy massif, 85 metres above the level of the river Danube forming panorama of Slovak capital city. Its history comes back to the time of Celts and Romans. The castle hill was an important place especially for the fact it was on the crossroads of important business routes, it was protected by the massive river from one side and by deep forests of the Male Carpathy from the other. A person, who built the fortification, knew how important the crossing over the river was and he was the whole area owner. This massive rectangular block...

Cerveny Kamen Castle Častá

Cerveny Kamen Castle

Častá (area: Little Carpathians, region: Bratislava and surroundings)

This massive castle in good conditions is situated on quartzite hill in the village of Casta, about 30 kilometres from Bratislava on the way to Pezinok. Original king's castle from the 13th century was a part of border forts of western frontier with Hungary. In the 16th century it became the property of Thurzo family and from 1535 it belonged to the Fuggers - one of the richest European magnates and financiers. The castle went through several amendments and rebuilts. There are high vaulted cellars built. They are 72 metres long and 9 metres high - the largest in Central Europe. Till 1845 the...

DEVÍN CASTLE Bratislava

DEVÍN CASTLE

Bratislava (area: Little Carpathians, region: Bratislava and surroundings)

The castle hill has been settled already in the 5th century B.C., the oldest part of the today´s castle dates back to the 13th century. In 1809 the castle was destroyed, since the 60s of the 20th century the reconstruction of the castle and archaeological research began. At present, there are expositions here and exhibitions of the City Museum of Bratislava. Tel.: +421/2/54 43 47 42 Open: April-October, Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00a.m. – 5:00 p.m.. Devín (German: Theben, Hungarian: Dévény), originally a separate town at the confluence of the Danube and Morava rivers, is now a borough of Bratislava,...

Csáky's Castle Bratislava

Csáky's Castle

Bratislava (area: Little Carpathians, region: Bratislava and surroundings)

Csáky's castle in Prievoz (older Csákys manor house) is a manor house that Count Eugen Csáky had built as his summer residence near Bratislava, probably in 1902. The building is from a period of ripening romanticism, but shows elements of eclecticism and has an irregular disposition. In 1916, Pavol Žolnajov sold out individual parts of the french garden originally belonging to the manor house. In 1933 the building together with a small part of the park were bought by the nuns of the Congregation of the Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi, they established a monastery in the mansion and...

BUDMERICE Mansion Budmerice

BUDMERICE Mansion

Budmerice (area: Little Carpathians, region: Bratislava and surroundings)

The Budmerice manor house is located in the Trnava Uplands near the edge of the Little Carpathians, in a park in front of the village of Budmerice, which in the past was a serf village of Červený Kameň Castle. It is 10 km from Modra and 15 km from Trnava. The manor is surrounded by an English park. It was built in 1889 in the pseudo-Gothic style by the Pálffy family as a hunting lodge. The Renaissance castles on the Loire were probably the inspiration for the construction. The architecture of the manor is a set of elements of several historical periods. The main façade with a receding risalit...

Velky Biel Manor House Veľký Biel

Velky Biel Manor House

Veľký Biel (region: Bratislava and surroundings)

The largest baroque mansion in Slovakia is located in Veľký Biel, near the town of Senec, about 18 km from Bratislava. In 2012, the Baroque mansion of Count Cardinal Imrich Csaky wakes up to a new life, when talk began about the renovation of the manor house itself and the adjacent park. Since then, the castle has held various events and events. The collected voluntary entrance fee was postponed to the restoration of the manor house. The history of the manor house Veľký Biel began in 1719, when its construction was started. It was owned by Count Sigismund Csáky, but the manor was administered...

PEZINOK CASTLE Pezinok

PEZINOK CASTLE

Pezinok (area: Kučišdorfská Walley, region: Bratislava and surroundings)

Pezinok Castle is a Renaissance castle on the outskirts of the city in the park, originally a medieval residence with fortifications using water sources - a water castle. It is located at the southeastern foot of the Little Carpathians, in the town of Pezinok. Already before 1271, they built a castle in Pezinok, which, like the other castles in the area, was attacked by the troops of Přemysl Otakar II. It was surrounded by two ditches filled with water from the Cajlan brook. There were two drawbridges above them. In the 17th century, the castle was abandoned and repaired in 1718 Ján Pálffy....