Bzovík

Bzovík Castle (Slovak:Bzovík Hrad; also sometimes referred to as Bzovík Fortress), is a castle located in the village of Bzovík in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

This castle was created through the renovation of the Cistercian Abbey established around 1130. A few decades later, the Premonstratesian provostship relocated to this site, transforming it into the largest feudal estate in the Hont region. Its fortress faced multiple destructions during the 15th century. In 1530, the property came under the control of Sigismund Balassa, who expelled the monks and oversaw the transformation of the Romanesque monastery into a Gothic-Renaissance castle, complete with robust outer fortifications that featured four corner bastions and a dike. The fortress sustained damage towards the end of the Second World War and has been recently restored. The castle is registered as a National heritage site in Slovakia.

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Bzovík ranks #3560 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #43 of the 126 mapped in Eslovaquia. Fundado en 1200, más antiguo que el 80% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 303 atlas entries founded in the siglo XII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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