Slovakia · 13th century
Liptov Castle (Slovak Liptovský hrad, alternatively Liptovský Starý hrad or Sielnický hrad) is the ruin of the highest-situated hill castle in Slovakia. It lies at an altitude of 993 metres in the Chočské vrchy mountains on the boundary of the districts of Ružomberok and Liptovský Mikuláš, north-east of Kalameny and north-west of Bukovina. The castle itself belongs to the cadastral area of Sestrč of the municipality of Liptovská Sielnica.
The first documentary mention goes back to the year 1262. Its principal task was evidently border protection; at times it was also the seat of the county of Liptov, which was named after it. The castle complex is today freely accessible.
Machine-translated from “Burg Liptau” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Liptov Castle ranks #5,458 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #76 of the 135 mapped in Slovakia. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 60% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1090 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,080 times in the last 60 days, more than 52% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Martin, 38 km away. See how Slovakia compares in the castle statistics.
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