Ruin
Oponice Castle
🇸🇰 Slovakia · 13th century
Oponice Castle (Slovak: Oponický hrad or hrad Oponice) are the ruins of a castle located on the western spur of the Tribeč mountain range above the village of Oponice in Slovakia. The first written mention of the castle dates back to 1300. The Čák family is considered to be the founders and first owners of the castle. After the death of Matthew III Csák, Mikuláš Gutkeled became its owner in 1329, from 1389 it was owned by Dezider Kaplay and from 1392 it passed into the ownership of the founder of the Apponyi family, Mikuláš Ewrs.
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Oponice Castle ranks #3,454 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #63 of the 99 mapped in Slovakia. Founded 1300, it is older than 65% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 356 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Slovakia compares in the castle statistics.
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