Trenčín Castle, Slovakia

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New contributor slaks_travel brings us this excellent aerial view of one of the most well-known castles of Slovakia: Trenčín Castle (Trenčiansky hrad).  It's situated in the town, district and region of the same name in the northwestern corner of the country.  Like many castles in Central Europe, it's a hilltop structure built on older Roman fortification.  Its rotunda likely dates to the 8th-9th century AD, and most of the rest of the site dates to the late Middle Ages.  The castle is open to touring and is home to a castle museum.  

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The castle hill in Trenčín was already inhabited in Celtic times, and in the Great Moravia period there was a strong fortified hillfort here. The brick, stone royal castle was built in the 11th century, which puts it in a number of the oldest castles in Slovakia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren%C4%8D%C3%ADn_Castle

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