Slovakia · 13th century
Lipovce ranks #8,775 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #123 of the 135 mapped in Slovakia. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 60% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Prešov, 23 km away. See how Slovakia compares in the castle statistics.
Lipovce (also Lipovce, Zámčisko, Jezevčí hora or Varhoška) is a castle ruin in the administrative territory of the village of Lipovce in the western part of the district of Prešov in the Prešov Region in Slovakia. The castle was founded in the first half of the fourteenth century and ceased to exist at the end of the Middle Ages. Terrain relics and small remains of masonry protected as a national cultural monument have survived from it. The castle lies in the territory of the Kamenná Baba national nature reserve.
Machine-translated from “Lipovský hrad” on the Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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