Sirmione, Italy
150 AD
Syracuse, Italy
3rd century BCE
Taranto, Italy
6th
Trieste, Italy
100-0 BC
Como, Italy
0-100 AD
Rome, Italy
c. 220 AD
Calatafimi-Segesta, Italy
3rd century BCE
Provincia di Agrigento, Italy
500 BCE
Pompei, Italy
0-100 AD
Brescia, Italy
69-96 AD
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4th century AD
Aosta, Italy
around 0-10 AD
Brindisi, Italy
2nd century AD
Rome, Italy
104 AD
Aosta, Italy
25 BC
Syracuse, Italy
1st century AD
Milan, Italy
2nd century AD
Pozzuoli, Italy
1st century AD
Sassari, Italy
4000-3600 BCE
Rome, Italy
272 BCE
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.