Ohrid, North Macedonia
1295
Skopje, North Macedonia
c. 1550
Ohrid, North Macedonia
13th century
Ohrid, North Macedonia
9th century AD
Ohrid, North Macedonia
905 AD
Ohrid, North Macedonia
9th century AD
Skopje, North Macedonia
1492
Bitola, North Macedonia
1558
Karpoš, North Macedonia
1164
Probištip, North Macedonia
1341
Skopje, North Macedonia
1972
Kurbinovo, North Macedonia
c. 1191
Prilep, North Macedonia
15th century
Prilep, North Macedonia
14th century
Čučer-Sandevo, North Macedonia
1300
Bitola, North Macedonia
1506
Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia
14th century
Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia
1020
Rankovce, North Macedonia
1354
Skopje, North Macedonia
1436
Střekov Castle (Schreckenstein) is perched atop a cliff above the River Elbe, near the city of Ústí nad Labem. It was built in 1316 for John of Luxembourg, the father of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, to guard an important trade route to Germany. After changing hands several times, the castle was acquired by the Lobkowicz family in 1563. Its strategic importance led to occupations by Imperial Habsburg, Saxon, and Swedish forces during the Thirty Years' War, as well as successive sieges by Austrian and Prussian armies during the Seven Years' War.
Although Střekov Castle was heavily damaged during those conflicts and abandoned as a military installation by the end of the 18th century, the 1800s saw many poets and artists visiting the castle, drawn by a new trend of interest in romantic ruins.