Ľubovňa Castle | Slovakia Photo Spot

High on a limestone cliff looking out over the surrounding valley stands Ľubovňa Castle. It was built at the turn of the 13th and 14th century, when it became a part of the boundary castles system in the north of the Hungarian Kingdom. Besides the protection of the former Polish-Old Hungarian border, its task was to secure the important trade route passing along the valley of the Poprad river to Poland. The castle has had quite the colourful history, powerful rulers met here in secret, it is the place where Polish coronation jewels were hidden and where famous adventurer, noble man and King of Madagascar, Móric Beňovský was imprisoned. After a great fire in 1553, the Ľubovňa Castle obtained a more modern shape of a Renaissance fortress. (Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia)