• Kežmarok Castle is located on the eastern outskirts of Kežmarok, located in the Poprad basin. It was built on the site of a church from the 13th century.
  • The castle belongs to the castles called "town castles". It was built directly on the territory of the city of Kezmarok, in order to guard the city against enemies.
  • A tour of the castle grounds is accompanied by a visit to the castle chapel and lookout tower. Nowadays, visitors can also see several exhibitions of period...
  • The castle from 1462 on a place of a former church from 13th century. ... Kežmarok, Kežmarský hrad; 1447, 1498 castrum Kesmark. Description.
  • Kežmarok Castle is the only completely preserved castle in Spiš. The first written mention of it is from 1463.
  • The dominant of the town Kežmarok is the Castle Kežmarský hrad that has entered the history of tourism in the High Tatras as the salient point of the first known...
  • One of the important cultural and historical monuments of the Podtatranská Basin is the Kežmarok Castle, also called the Kežmarok Town Castle.
  • Kežmarok Castle was constructed as a defensive castle shortly before 1463, when it is first mentioned in connection with the Hungarian Zápoľský family.
  • Heritage renovation for museum purposes started in the beginning of the 20th century. Today the castle is the residence of Podtatranske Museum in Kežmarok.
  • Kezmarok Castle. 4. 90 yorum. ... It is a nice example.of north.slovakia castle, not the best, but it is good to see as average example od castles.
  • This studio is a self-catering accommodation located in Kežmarok. The property is 1.2 km from Kezmarok Castle.
  • These days Kežmarok Castle is open to the public. It houses the local museum, where visitors can admire the attractive interiors of the castle – for example the...
  • History The origins of the Kežmarok castle are associated with the Hungarian Zápolya family, who in the fifteenth century became the owners of a settlement…
  • In 1579, the castle became the property of the Thököly family, whose ambition was to bring the royal city of Kežmarok to the role of a private town.