#oravsky podzamok

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Orava Castle, Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia,

Orava river in the village of Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia.

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ORAVA CASTLE

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Orava Castle

Orava Castle is located in Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia. The castle was built in the mid-13th century on a high rock above the Orava River upon an earlier wooden fortification. The original castle was of Romanesque and Gothic design, later altered to a Renaissance, Neo-Gothic style. Orava Castle is a complex of medieval-renaissance and baroque buildings. The castle was a stronghold for the Hungarian kingdom and served as an administrative and military center for the area as it protected an important road to Poland. Noblemen and county heads owned the castle. It has a long, interesting history. In 1556, Francis Thurzo received the castle in a pledge. Francis had a new chapel constructed, added support walls, and replaced the wooden stairs and annexes with stone. His son added the big bastion with a tunnel, a gatehouse, and a tower. The property remained the longest under Thurzo ownership. The castle suffered through a massive fire that lasted several days in 1800, Francis Zichy had most of the structure reconstructed and repaired, but the middle and upper castle weren’t fixed until 1861. The castle boasts 154 rooms, including a chapel, a Knights’ room, a weapon room, a torture room, a painting gallery, period-style furnishings, and archaeological collections. As administrator of the property, Ödön Zichy sought to make the castle a museum. The first exhibition took place in 1868. The structure underwent a period of dilapidation during WWII. An official museum was established at Orava Castle in 1967.  Orava Castle is a national monument. It is open to the public.

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and yet another picture i took in nosferatu’s old castle

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Oravský Podzámok / Orava castle

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🏰 Oravsky Podzamok Castle, North Slovakia

🏰Il castello di Orava (slovacco: Oravský hrad)

è situato su un'alta roccia sopra il fiume Orava nel villaggio di Oravský Podzámok , Slovacchia.

🏰È considerato uno dei castelli più belli della Slovacchia.

Il castello fu costruito nel Regno d'Ungheria nel XIII secolo.

Molte scene del film Nosferatu del 1922 sono state girate qui, il castello che rappresenta il castello della Transilvania del conte Orlok.

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IMG_0369_1 by Juraj Kupculak

Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia

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Oravský Hrad, Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia,

Photo by @bokehm0n

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Orava Castle - SLOVAKIA

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a picture i took in nosferatu’s old castle