Slovakia · 13th century
Slanec Castle (Slovak Slanecký hrad or Slanský hrad, Hungarian Nagyszalánc) is a 13th-century castle ruin in eastern Slovakia near the border with Hungary above the municipality of Slanec.
Machine-translated from “Burg Slanec” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Slanec Castle ranks #5,511 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #78 of the 135 mapped in Slovakia. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1090 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Košice, 18 km away. See how Slovakia compares in the castle statistics.
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