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Plaveč Castle

🇸🇰 Slovakia · 13th century

Plaveč Castle in Slovakia
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The Plaveč castle (Hrad Plaveč (Slovak) or Plavečský hrad (Slovak), Palocsai vár (Hungarian)) is the ruins of a hilltop castle above the village of Plaveč in north-eastern Slovakia.

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Plaveč Castle ranks #3,412 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #57 of the 99 mapped in Slovakia. Founded 1294, it is older than 70% 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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