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Čachtice above the village in the south west of Slovakia, there are ruins of a mysterious castle in the Carpathians "- a famous castle in Čachtice (Čachtický castle) and the former seat of bloody countess Elizabeth Bathory.
Castle Čachtice This castle belongs to the border of royal castles, to protect the western borders of the Kingdom of Hungary. It was formed in the first half of the thirteenth century and in the fifteenth century it was enlarged.fountain of
He won sad glory by Elizabeth Bathory, who lived here at the turn of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Because of her sadistic tendencies called it a "bloody countess". She told me she allegedly murdered 600 young girls to be able to bathe in their blood and so remain forever young and beautiful. To raise the blood was to serve iron doll with built-in chest with knives. When the girl przytuliło the dolls, knives, claimed to the chest, killing the girl, and the blood dripped into the prepared bath.
a result of general pressure from the Countess was sentenced by palotyna Thurzo in 1611, the city Bytča for lifelong imprisonment. A story about "bloody countess", who died in 1614, has been repeatedly and dramatically developed książkowo ..
state during uprisings in 1708 Čachtice castle was burned by the army of Francis Rákóczy'ego. Since then fell and emptied, and now forms a picturesque ruin, from which magnificent panoramic view.
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below the castle, situated in the village Čachtice late Renaissance palace Draškovičovský Kastiel of the seventeenth century, which is a museum with an exhibition of sightseeing.
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Beckov legendary ruins of a castle rising on a steep rocky hill with a height 50 m Beckov village, near the Vah River in western Slovakia. Sizes of rocks, on which it stands, and the impression that he is not to acquire, attract turyystów, because it is the work of human hands idalnie combining natural conditions and beautiful Arhitektura.
Beckov Castle Castle, of which mention pchodzą as early as 1200, originally belonged to the king. At the end of the thirteenth century became the property Matúš Čák. At the turn of the fourteenth and fifteenth century, it received a pledge, and later bought the family Stiborowców.
After they became the owners of the castle Bánffyi family, who rebuilt the Gothic castle into a Renaissance residence. Fortification walls were built so that it could not get even the Turks, during the raids at the end of the sixteenth century. With the demise of the family castle Bánffy Beckov been living in the area owned by several noble families. After a fire in 1729 began pustoszeć . Source
