The Slovak castle of Bojnice

We find us before one of the more beautiful and most visited castles of every Slovakia (to see hotels in Slovakia) and surely also of the center of Europe. The castle is found nailed on a solid one of marble travertino and is a medieval castle of the 11th century. Old the castles were possession of the noble families, the last one of them was that of the count of Pálffy. Due to that was found in a deplorable state was reconstructed by the architect J. Hubert to ends of the 19th century and I am based on the romantic art that caused furor in that epoch in Europe continuing the wake that were leaving the castles that in that epoch they were built in the banks of the Loire French, which is seen the construction of the ceilings, chapels and towers.



Inside the museum a great collection of art exists, formed by the original furniture and the artistic collection of the family Pálffy. This collection of the family of the count includes works of the 19th century and 20th century. Also it has pieces of the Gothic late one as the altar of Bojnice that was built by Nard I gave Cione Ortagna, a famous Italian artisan of the epoch, that was born in Florence in the middle of the 14th century.

In the castle also dances of disguises are carried out, being the most important one of them the one that is carries out to the end of April and principles of May, being converted the castle in a zone of encounter of the fans to this type of festivals. Has the rank of international festival. Also in other times of year concentrations of fencing they are produced and competitions of falconry. The castle has also a park of great area and with a very cared for landscape. It has inside the park a lime tree that is 600 years old of age and a raised of 12.5 meters.

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