- Type
- Castle
- Origins
- 12th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- Coordinates
- 48.7800°, 18.5777°
History
The castle is first mentioned in 1113, in a charter of the abbey on Zobor hill. The original wooden fort was replaced in stone, and around 1300 it belonged to the magnate Matthew Csák. In the late 15th century King Matthias Corvinus gave Bojnice to his son John, and in the 16th century the Thurzó family took it over and remodelled it in Renaissance style. From the 17th century it belonged to the Pálffy family. In 1889 Count Ján Pálffy began a romantic rebuilding inspired by the châteaux of the Loire, completed in 1910, after his death. Following a fire in 1950 the castle was restored and handed over to the Slovak National Museum.
What to see
Tours lead through lavishly furnished rooms with carved wooden ceilings, tapestries and Count Pálffy's art collection, including the Golden Hall and the chapel. Beneath the castle lies a natural travertine cave, and the crypt holds the sarcophagus of its last builder. Slovakia's oldest zoo is right next door, and every year the castle hosts the International Festival of Ghosts and Spirits.
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