Slovakia · 13th century
The Strečno Castle (Slovak: Strečniansky hrad)(also called Strechun, Strechyn, Streczen, Streczan alebo Strežín) is a reconstructed ruin of a medieval castle of an irregular plan located in northern Slovakia, 12 km east of Žilina. The castle stands on a 103-metre-high (338 ft) calcite cliff above the international road E50 and village Strečno. Along with the Old castle (Slovak: Starhrad) constitutes a significant landscape landmark of the Upper Váh region. Nowadays, after reconstruction, there are expositions of the Vah region regional museum (Slovak: Považské múzeum v Žiline). The first recorded mention of the stone castle is from 1316. Today the castle belongs to the national cultural heritage of the Slovak republic.
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Strečno Castle ranks #1,450 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #15 of the 136 mapped in Slovakia. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 61% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,762 times in the last 60 days, more than 76% of the atlas. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Žilina, 10 km away. See how Slovakia compares in the castle statistics.
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