Évreux, France
10th century
Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
1345
Angers, France
1060-1119
Hambye, France
c. 1145
Ille-et-Vilaine, France
1199
Laon, France
1124
Laon, France
1128
Ginals, France
1144
Saint-Gabriel-Brécy, France
1058
Beaucaire, France
9th century
Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France
1451
Redon, France
832 AD
Saint-Omer, France
7th century AD
Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, France
1121
Passa, France
1116
Juaye-Mondaye, France
1200
Sablonceaux, France
1136
Moyenmoutier, France
671 AD / 1776
Mont-Saint-Éloi, France
600-700 AD
Arboussols, France
1129
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.