historia hradu lv

The history of the castle Levice

Levice Castle was built in the second half of the 13 th century on a rocky hill above the swampy area. He had a way to protect the monastery fortress in Hronský Benadik The medieval mining towns.

• The castle often changed owners who rebuilt it several times . The core of the castle consists of gothic palace fortification with a circular bastion. After a fire in 1434 the castle was rebuilt again .

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In the 16 - th century it became one of the fifteen forts that had to stop the Turkish invasion .

In 1571 he gave a bathrobe Tekovskej stool to stand on the lower courtyard comfortable renaissance mansion , which today houses the museum Tekovské .

• In 1578 the castle was so well fortified that it Turks besieged in vain .

• They took it up in 1663 , and a year were defeated and the castle was again well fortified .

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The most famous reputation, which binds to the castle 's

„The legend about the Levice geese“

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