Spiš Castle

The ruins of Spiš Castle (Slovak: Spišský hrad, pronunciationⓘ; Hungarian: Szepesi vár; Polish: Zamek Spiski; German: Zipser Burg) in eastern Slovakia belong to six largest castles sites in Slovakia.

[1] The castle is situated above the town of Spišské Podhradie and the village of Žehra, in the region known as Spiš (Hungarian: Szepes, German: Zips, Polish: Spisz, Latin: Scepusium).

It was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1993 (together with the adjacent locations of Spišská Kapitula and Žehra).

They moved to the newly built nearby village castles/palaces in Hodkovce near Žehra and Spišský Hrhov.

The castle was partly reconstructed in the second half of the twentieth century, and extensive archaeological research was carried out on the site.

Aerial photograph of the castle
Spiš castle - the central part
Matthias Corvinus , the last
royal owner