Old Castle
Starý Zámok
Original function:
castle / fortification
Address:
Starozámocká 11, 969 01 Banská Štiavnica
Historical Hungarian county:
Hont
GPS coordinates:
48.459634, 18.891235
Castle museum.
History
It stands on the side of Mount Paradise. The church was built by the Templars in the 13th century in Romanesque style. According to the legend the master of the Templars got tempted by the beauty of the daughter of the lord of a nearby castle. He invited her and after he raped her, he had her and her companions killed to conceal his sin. But a young and conscientious Templar told the father what happened. He let the army of the lord into the Templar fortress during a feasting and they cut down all the Templars, which ended their rule.
The church was later acquired by the Dominicans. The Chapel of St. Michael stands next to it. The church was reconstructed in Gothic style in the 16th century. Between 1546 and 1559 the church was turned into a fort against the Turks. The large bell tower was built in the 17th century. The memorial of the Hungarian War of Independence between 1848 and 1849 was moved to the castle after the Czechoslovak invasion at the end of World War I.
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