Vinné Castle Ruins

Vinné, Slovakia

Vinné Castle is the ruin of a Gothic castle probably built in the second half of the 13th century to protect the road leading to Poland. During the war of the Hungarian King Matthias and the Polish monarch Casimir IV it was severely damaged in 1466. In the beginning of the 16th century the castle repaired and fortified but in 1594 it was again damaged by the imperial army. In the mid-17th century Vinne castle was left to decay. At the beginning of the 18th century during the uprising agains Habsburgs the castle was finally demolished. Since it is has been in ruins.

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Vinné, Slovakia

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Details

Founded: 13th century
Category: Ruins in Slovakia

Rating

4.6/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

Jan Balaz (18 months ago)
Nice and interesting place with medieval atmosphere. A reconstruction is in progress.

Matúš Jelínek (2 years ago)
Nice view and lovely place

Petr Morávek (2 years ago)
Super

Marek “KONIK” Belan (2 years ago)
Nice old castle in reconstruction

Matej Skulsky (2 years ago)
Really good work done over there. Keep it up, you will build a new castle in notime.

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