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Casemates in the Southeastern Bastion of the Castle

Nitriansky hrad
Casemates in the Southeastern Bastion of the Castle
Nitriansky hrad
Original function:
castle / fortification
Current function:
museum
Historical Hungarian county:
Nyitra
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.318385, 18.087789
Google map:

History

The casemates were created in 1664 during the Turkish wars. Bishop Pálffy Tamás built a new wall to the southern side of the bastion. The space between the wall and the bastion was not filled in, but archs were created between the structures and the castle gate was defended from here through loopholes.

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