Jelenec, tourist attractions

Gýmeš is a castle ruin on the southern slope of the Tribeč Mountains, approximately 5 km north of the village of Jelenec (Gýmeš). It is one of the family castles of the Forgách family - along with the Galicia Castle. The castle was built in the years 1253-1270 on the site of the old fort. In the 15th century was carried out extensive construction, they were built new palaces and vast fortification. Work on defense facilities continued in the 16th century, when the entrance to the castle built a large tower trapezoidal ground plan and cylindrical tower. Increased labor, fees and taxes resulted...

Oponice Castle is a ruin of a castle dating from the 13th century. The castle gradually belonged to Matúš Čák, Mikuláš Gutkeled, Dezider Kaplay and Mikuláš Ewrs. In 1430 the castle was conquered and damaged by Hussite troops, but it was repaired immediately. It gradually fell into the hands of increasingly poor owners, who restored it during the 16th and early 17th centuries as part of the anti-Turkish defense, but with great financial difficulties. Thanks to these adjustments, he resisted...

The site of the Vazul Tower was once a fortress, which was gradually rebuilt. The original tower was two-story, with two entrances: one entrance led to the tower from the courtyard and the other from the castle bell tower. There are portholes in the lower part of the tower and 3 windows on the first floor. We know from older photographs that there was no saddle roof on the tower before, it is the result of the last reconstruction. Below the tower is a late castle prison. The tower and the castle...

St. Emmeram's Cathedral bears Romanesque style. It has a horseshoe-shaped Romanian apse, separated from the square nave by a triumphal arch. The original building was damaged and later shortened in 1328 as space was needed to build the support columns of the Upper Church. After the construction of the Gothic church, part of the church was used as an archive. After a fire raging in the church in 1465, the Romanesque part of the castle church was erected and then covered with a rib vault. The current...