Spiš Castle

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UNESCO World Heritage Site castle complex medieval castle

Spiš Castle is one of the largest castle complexes in Central Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in eastern Slovakia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Spiš Castle museum 1
Spiš Castle – Levoča – associated cultural monuments World Heritage property 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
castle complex ⓘ
medieval castle ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
Romanesque ⓘ
area about 4 hectares ⓘ
builtInCentury 12th century ⓘ
builtOnSiteOf earlier hillfort ⓘ
constructionStart 12th century ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
controlledRegion Spiš ⓘ
controlledRoute trade routes between Hungary and Poland ⓘ
country Slovakia ⓘ
currentCondition ruin ⓘ
damagedBy fire in 1780 ⓘ
distinction one of the largest castle sites in Central Europe ⓘ
elevation hilltop location ⓘ
formerCountry Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
function fortress ⓘ
noble residence ⓘ
governingDynasty Árpád dynasty ⓘ
governingFamily Thurzó family ⓘ
Zápolya family ⓘ
hasFeature Romanesque palace ⓘ
defensive towers ⓘ
fortification walls ⓘ
lower bailey ⓘ
upper castle ⓘ
hasMuseum Spiš Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Spiš Castle museum
heritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Prešov Region ⓘ
Prešov Region ⓘ
surface form: Spiš region

Spišské Podhradie NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern Slovakia ⓘ
locatedNear Žehra ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
nearbyCity Levoča NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poprad NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operator Slovak National Museum ⓘ
partOf Levoča historic centre ⓘ
surface form: Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOExtensionYear 2009 ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1993 ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 620 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Levoča historic centre ⓘ
surface form: Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spisz → containsSite → Spiš Castle ⓘ
Spiš Castle → hasMuseum → Spiš Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spiš Castle museum
Spišská Kapitula → near → Spiš Castle ⓘ
Spišská Kapitula → partOf → Spiš Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spiš Castle – Levoča – associated cultural monuments World Heritage property