From Edinburgh to Prague and Romania to England, one of Europe's defining features is its castles. While many other European countries boast dozens of fairytale-like hidden castles, Slovakia is ...

The Foreigner's Guide to Living in Slovakia posts a list of “the top 10 castles and ruins in Slovakia” (with maps and pictures). Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples ...

An owner with five husbands, frequent ruin in war, and fire, this little castle has survived to finally come into its own. Liptovský Hrad (Castle) was once the largest of the three, and was the ...

PRIEVIDZA, SLOVAKIA—According to a report in The Slovak Spectator, a seventeenth-century coin, pottery, and a knife were uncovered in the area where the gates once stood at Sivý Kameň, a castle on the ...

VINNÉ, SLOVAKIA—The Slovak Spectator reports that Viniansky Castle’s main gate has been found. The ruined castle, located in eastern Slovakia, sat on a hill overlooking the trade route to Poland.

The Foreigner's Guide to Living in Slovakia writes about the ongoing reconstruction of Bratislava Castle. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed ...

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A CHILDREN’S EXPERIMENT with smoking is believed to have sparked the fire which destroyed a 14th century gothic castle in Slovakia. The Slovak National Museum says that the fire caused extensive ...