Slovakia · 13th century
The ruins of Starhrad (literally "Old Castle"; also Starý hrad, Varínsky hrad or Varín, historical names Warna, Varna, Owar, Owaar, Starigrad) lie in northern Slovakia in the Malá Fatra, on a high rock above the right side of the Váh river, not far from the municipality of Nezbudská Lúčka. Together with Strečno Castle a few kilometres downstream, Starhrad protected the route through the narrow Domašínsky meander pass.
Machine-translated from “Starý hrad” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Starhrad ranks #4,236 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #53 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 975 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Žilina, 12 km away. See how Slovakia compares in the castle statistics.
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