Slovakia
75 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Banská Bystrica Castle, 1 km north-east of the city centre; the most famous is Orava Castle — #232 of 9,079 worldwide — 61 km north. The oldest dated site in the circle is Trenčín Castle, founded c. 1050.
The 100 km circle reaches into 3 countries — Slovakia (67), Hungary (7), Czech Republic (1).
18 km south · Castle
Zvolen Castle is a medieval castle located on a hill near the center of Zvolen, in central Slovakia.
1 km north-east · Castle
Banská Bystrica Castle is a castle located in the centre of Banská Bystrica in Slovakia.
20 km south · Ruin
Pustý hrad is a castle whose ruins are located on a forested hill in the southern part of Zvolen in central Slovakia.
11 km north-east · Castle
Ľupča Castle is a castle in Slovakia. It is situated above the municipality of Slovenská Ľupča in the upper Hron valley, about ten kilometres east of…
23 km south-east · Castle
Castle Viglas is a castle in the central Slovak village of Vígľaš in the Detva District.
17 km west · Castle
Kremnica Town Castle consists of a group of architectural monuments situated on a rise above the central square of Kremnica in the district of Žiar…
42 km west · Castle
Bojnice Castle is a medieval castle in Bojnice, Slovakia. It is a Romanesque castle with some original Gothic and Renaissance elements built in the…
53 km north-west · Ruin
The Strečno Castle is a reconstructed ruin of a medieval castle of an irregular plan located in northern Slovakia, 12 km east of Žilina.
58 km north-west · Ruin
Lietava Castle is an extensive castle ruin in the Súľov Mountains of northern Slovakia, between the villages of Lietava and Lietavská Svinná-Babkov…
48 km north-east · Ruin
Havránok is an important archaeological site in northern Slovakia. It is on a hill above the Liptovská Mara water reservoir around 2 km from the…
55 km south · Ruin
Čabraď Castle is a castle ruin in Slovakia near the village of Čabradský Vrbovok, in the southeast of Krupina.
36 km south-west · Castle
Nový zámok is a castle in Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia. The castle is located on a hill south of the city center at an altitude of 630m above sealevel,…
38 km south-west · Palace & château
The Svätý Anton manor house is a late baroque-classicist mansion constructed in 1744 with an English landscape garden park in Svätý Anton, Slovakia.
53 km south-east · Palace & château
Halič Castle is a castle in the southern Slovak village of Halič in the Lučenec District.
25 km south-west · Ruin
Šášov Castle is the ruin of a hilltop castle above the river Hron above the village of Šášovské Podhradie, a district of the town of Žiar nad Hronom.
37 km north · Ruin
Sklabiňa Castle or Castle of Sklabiňa is a ruined medieval castle near Sklabiňa, a village in northern Slovakia.
28 km north-west · Ruin
Blatnica Castle is a Gothic castle whose ruins are situated near the village of Blatnica, on the foot of the Greater Fatra Range in Slovakia.
43 km north · Ruin
Likava Castle is a castle in the village of Likavka which is a part of the Ružomberok District in Slovakia. It is mostly in ruins.
+ 20 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
61 km north · Castle · #232 worldwide
Orava Castle is a castle situated on a high rock above Orava river in the village of Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia.
82 km west · Castle
The Trenčín Castle is a castle above the town of Trenčín in western Slovakia.
92 km west · Ruin
Beckov Castle is a castle in ruins located above the former town of Beckov in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District, Trenčín Region, western Slovakia.
63 km north-west · Castle
The Budatín Castle is a castle in north-western Slovakia, near the city of Žilina, where the Kysuca river flows into the Váh river.
91 km south-west · Castle
Nitra Castle is a castle located in the Old Town of Nitra, Slovakia. It dominates the city and is a national cultural monument.
67 km east · Ruin
Muráň Castle, is a ruin of a medieval castle above the village of Muráň, in the Muránska planina National Park in Slovakia.
72 km south-east · Ruin
Fiľakovo Castle is a ruined castle that dates back to the Middle Ages above the town of Fiľakovo in Slovakia.
68 km north-west · Ruin
Považský hrad is a ruin of medieval castle on the right side of the river Váh, near Považská Bystrica in Slovakia.
82 km south-east · Ruin
Šomoška Castle are the ruins of a castle located in the village of Šiatorská Bukovinka in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.
69 km north-west · Castle
Bytča Castle also known as Bytča Manor, is a Renaissance building in the center of the district town of Bytča in the Žilina Region, Slovakia.
89 km west · Ruin
Tematín Castle is a castle ruin in western Slovakia. The castle was originally built in the second half of the 13th century in the Kingdom of…
70 km south-west · Ruin
Levice Castle are the ruins of a Gothic castle located in Levice, Slovakia. The castle was built in the late 13th century as part of the southern…
+ 25 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q144983.
The Castle Map atlas maps 75 landmarks (19 castles · 7 palaces & châteaux · 49 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Banská Bystrica, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Banská Bystrica Castle, a castle 1 km north-east of the city centre.
Orava Castle, ranked #232 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 61 km north from Banská Bystrica.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Trenčín Castle, founded c. 1050 — 82 km west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Martin (40 km) · Žilina (61 km) · Trenčín (83 km) · Nitra (91 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
