[1] It is located on the western edge of the Little Carpathians at an altitude of 486 m. Because of its proximity to Bratislava, the castle is a popular hiking destination for the city's inhabitants.

[1] Pajštún was a part of a regional castle system aimed at defending the north-western border of the Kingdom of Hungary.

[1] Around 1550 the ownership of the castle was given to Eck Salm, a faithful servant of king Ferdinand I and the head of the Pozsony County.

Three years after his death in 1600, his widow, Mária Fugger, and his three sons received the royal donation of Pajštún castle.

[1] The Italian engineer Filiberto Luchese led the renovation which fundamentally transformed the original 13th-century core of the castle.

[1] The owners of the castle soon started preferring other locations of greater convenience and Pajštún's significance and condition began to decline.

The half-circle cannon bastion in the northern part of the fortification dates back to the 16th century rebuilding of the Pajštún castle.

The remains of an arched underground cistern with a brick mantle on the upper platform of the castle also date back to this time period.