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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pusty Hrad - Ancient Village or Settlement in Slovakia

Submitted by maxkrok on Sunday, 07 April 2013  Page Views: 4131

Multi-periodSite Name: Pusty Hrad Alternative Name: Zvolenský hrad
Country: Slovakia Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Zvolen
Latitude: 48.556632N  Longitude: 19.109414E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Medieval castle and Bronze Age settlement in Slovakia

The Pustý hrad Castle (also known as the Old Castle of Zvolen) is situated near Zvolen on the slope of a forested mountain in the Javorie mountain range, above the confluence of the Hron and Slatina rivers, in central Slovakia. It is surprisingly large, comparable with the more famous Spiš Castle. The ongoing extensive archaeological research that has been systematically performed on the Pustý hrad Castle since 1992 has been very successful. Traces of much older fortified settlement with stone walls from the Early Bronze Age have been found on the castle hill.

Ruins of a castle which was built in the 13th century. The castle consists of two object: the older upper castle and the younger lower castle. It was a center of feudal power in Zvolen region. It falled into dacay in the 16th century after a new castle in Zvolen was built.

It occupies an area of almost 8 hectares and ranks among the biggest castle ruins, not only in Slovakia, but also in Europe. In the southernmost part of the fortifications, a monumental passage gate tower was built, and its remnants became the symbol of the entire object.

As the distant ruins could not be seen from the town of Zvolen, the part of the hill on which they are situated was deforested. The ruins of the fortifications are now visible from the access road to Zvolen as well.

The royal castle, which later served as the seat of the royal County (comitatus) of Zvolen, was built in the 12th century. It occupied a territory of what is now central Slovakia. The fighting between the followers of Jan Hunyadi and those of Jan Jiskra considerably damaged the castle in the 15th century and after a short revival at the end of the 16th century, it definitely fell in decay.

The Pustý hrad Castle with the area of the current archaeological research is open to the public and is accessible via the Pustý hrad instructive path.

Access: by car to the ice stadium in Zvolen and then on foot via the instructive path of medium difficulty (total of 3.9 km), on foot from the railway station in Zvolen using the route with blue markings (it takes about an hour).
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