• Orava castle is full of life and every tourist should once get into fit into the swirlof colorful events at Orava Castle and should not only pass by.
  • If you want to see one of the top 5 Slovak castles, here is your opportunity: Orava Castle perched atop a steep rock hill 112 m above the river Orava.
  • Ján Corvinus lost his interest in Orava Castle and hired it to the castellan Horvath Kišovič. To govern the castle he nominated the Count Irnrich Zápoľský.
  • Orava Castle was most likely built in the first half of 13th Century because first written record about the castle comes from this period.
  • Orava Castle stands on the site of an old wooden fortification, built after the Mongol invasion of Hungary of 1241.
  • Surrounded by nature and acting as one of Slovakia’s main historical hubs, the site of Orava Castle has shown signs of habitation since the Late Stone Ages.
  • Orava Castle consists of several architectural complexes. Each of them differs in style and purpose, and also symbolises the era of their creator's reign.
  • It is one of the most beautiful and largest castles in Slovakia and it is situated on a high rock above the Orava river in the region of the North Orava.
  • The Orava Castle acquired its present form in 1611. After the Thurzos died out, the castle was owned by several landlords who did not take much care of it.
  • The Orava Castle, Castle Orava Castle Orava or ( Slovak Orava hrad, Hungarian Árva Vára ) is a fortress located in the region of Orava, Slovakia.