Ystad, Sweden
500-1000 AD
Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
400-500 AD
Tanum, Sweden
1800-500 BC
Trelleborg, Sweden
10th century
Degerhamn, Öland, Sweden
400 AD
Västerås, Sweden
1500 BC - 1000 AD
Kivik, Sweden
c. 1000 BC
Innerstaden, Sweden
Medieval or earlier
Färjestaden, Öland, Sweden
500 AD
Viksjö, Sweden
500 AD
Varberg, Sweden
1500 - 500 BC
Broddetorp, Sweden
3000 BC - 500 AD
Adelsö, Sweden
ca. 750 AD
Tjörnarp, Sweden
550-900 AD
Ekerö, Sweden
ca. 100-1520 AD
Tanum, Sweden
1 - 400 AD
Norrköping, Sweden
1900 BC
Falkenberg, Sweden
1700-500 BC
Gnisvärd, Sweden
1700-500 BC
Gotland, Sweden
1100-500 BC
The Beckov castle stands on a steep 50 m tall rock in the village Beckov. The dominance of the rock and impression of invincibility it gaves, challenged our ancestors to make use of these assets. The result is a remarkable harmony between the natural setting and architecture.
The castle first mentioned in 1200 was originally owned by the King and later, at the end of the 13th century it fell in hands of Matúš Èák. Its owners alternated - at the end of the 14th century the family of Stibor of Stiborice bought it.
The next owners, the Bánffys who adapted the Gothic castle to the Renaissance residence, improved its fortifications preventing the Turks from conquering it at the end of the 16th century. When Bánffys died out, the castle was owned by several noble families. It fell in decay after fire in 1729.
The history of the castle is the subject of different legends.