Pieniny Castle

Slovakia / Presovsky / Podolinec /
 monument, ruined castle

Pieniny Castle ruins (also: St. Kinga's Castle, pol. Zamek Pieniński, Zamek Pieniny) - are located below Castle Mountain (pol. Góra Zamkowa, 779 m AMSL) summit in the Three Crowns massif, in the Pieniny Mountains (Pieniny National Park). The first reliable source of information about the castle dates from the beginning of XIVth century. It says that this castle played an important role as a refuge for Princess Kinga and the St. Clara nuns from Stary Sącz during the third Mongolian aggression in 1287.
Thanks to the efforts of the Pieniny National Park, the castle ruins were entered in the national register of historic monuments on 18 April 2003.
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Coordinates:   49°25'12"N   20°25'18"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago