Levoča, Spiš Castle And The Associated Cultural Monuments
The ruins of Spiš Castle is one of the largest castle sites in Central Europe. The castle is situated above the town of Spišské Podhradie and the village of Žehra that with adjacent ecclesiastical town Spišská Kapitula form components of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2009, the site was extended to include the famous altar by Master Paul of Levoča and the historic centre of Levoča with many well-preserved Renaissance buildings. Spiš Castle Built in the 12th century, it was the political, administrative, economic and cultural centre of Szepes county. Before 1464, it was owned by King of Hungary, Hungarian kings, afterwards (until 1528) by the János Szapolyai, Szapolyai family, the Thurzo, Thurzo family (1531-1635), the Csáky family (1638-1945), and (since 1945) by the state. Originally a Romanesque stone castle with fortifications, a two-story Romanesque palace and a three nave Romanesque-Gothic basilica were constructed in the area by the second half of the 13th c ...
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Spiš Castle
The ruins of Spiš Castle (, ; ; ; ) in eastern Slovakia belong to six largest castles sites in Slovakia. The castle is situated above the town of Spišské Podhradie and the village of Žehra, in the region known as Spiš (, , , ). It was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1993 (together with the adjacent locations of Spišská Kapitula and Žehra). The size of the castle area is 3,9 ha (39,000 m2). It is administered by the Spiš Museum at Levoča, a division of the Slovak National Museum. History Origins Construction of the medieval castle on a travertine hill dates back to the beginning of the 12th century. The oldest written reference to the castle is from 1120. At the beginning it was a boundary fort placed at the northern frontier of Kingdom of Hungary. Afterwards, it became the seat of the head of Szepes county for many centuries. It was the political, administrative, economic and cultural center of Szepes County of the Kingdom of Hun ...
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