Schleswig, Germany
c. 770 AD
Oslo, Norway
1926
Roskilde, Denmark
Peel, United Kingdom
11th century
Jelling, Denmark
10th century
Tønsberg, Norway
871 AD
Vestvågøy, Norway
500 - 950 AD
Trondheim, Norway
1658
Newfoundland, Canada
950-1050 AD
Staraja Ladoga, Russia
ca. 1114
Trelleborg, Sweden
10th century
Nørresundby, Denmark
400 - 1050 AD
Orkney, United Kingdom
7th century AD
Narsaq, Greenland
1000 AD
Hobro, Denmark
10th century
Odense, Denmark
975 AD
Izborsk, Russia
9th century AD
Stykkið, Faroe Islands
900-1000 AD
Castletown, United Kingdom
850-950 AD
Slagelse, Denmark
10th 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.