Llandeilo, United Kingdom
12th century
Ballycastle, United Kingdom
1547
Peeblesshire, United Kingdom
14th century
Caithness, United Kingdom
1566-1572
Elgin, United Kingdom
c. 1140
Strathblane, United Kingdom
c. 1372
Oxwich, United Kingdom
16th century
Perth, United Kingdom
Hawarden, United Kingdom
13th century
Braemar, United Kingdom
1628
Ruthvenfield, United Kingdom
15th century
Roxburghshire, United Kingdom
15th century
Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom
15th century
Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom
c. 1460
Clackmannan, United Kingdom
14th century
Glenarm, United Kingdom
1636
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
1582
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
1440s
Aberfeldy, United Kingdom
16th century
Airth, United Kingdom
15th century
The Beckov castle stands on a steep 50 m tall rock in the village Beckov. The dominance of the rock and impression of invincibility it gaves, challenged our ancestors to make use of these assets. The result is a remarkable harmony between the natural setting and architecture.
The castle first mentioned in 1200 was originally owned by the King and later, at the end of the 13th century it fell in hands of Matúš Èák. Its owners alternated - at the end of the 14th century the family of Stibor of Stiborice bought it.
The next owners, the Bánffys who adapted the Gothic castle to the Renaissance residence, improved its fortifications preventing the Turks from conquering it at the end of the 16th century. When Bánffys died out, the castle was owned by several noble families. It fell in decay after fire in 1729.
The history of the castle is the subject of different legends.