Muráň Castle

Muráň Castle (Slovak: Muránsky hrad), is a ruin of a medieval castle situated above the village of Muráň, in the Muránska planina National Park in Slovakia. The castle is noteworthy for its unusually high altitude of 935 m. It also figures in several romantic legends about its remarkable owners. Muráň Castle was built in the 13th century on a cliff overlooking a regional trade route. Its name is mentioned for the first time in 1271 ("arx Mwran").

One of his owners, the robber baron Matúš Bašo, transformed the castle into a stronghold of bandits, robbing merchants and looting villages. After a siege laid by the royal army, the castle fell in 1548 and Matúš Bašo was executed.

Another famous owner was Maria Széchy, better known as "Venus of Muráň". This astonishingly independent woman divorced her second husband to marry the love of her life – magnate Ferenc Wesselényi. When Wesselényi was besieging Muráň Castle, occupied by her relatives, she even managed to get his soldiers in by trickery. In 1666, Wesselényi organized a failed coup against Leopold I, but he died before any major confrontation. Subsequently, Maria Széchy bravely led defense of the castle against Imperial troops. Outnumbered, she eventually surrendered to Charles of Lorraine in 1670.

The castle was damaged by fire in 1760.

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Adam Smeal Kapor
22 April 2014
nadherny vyhlad!
Lukáš Ch
2 September 2017
Počas víkendov a sviatkov sa dá získať povolenie na vjazd na veľkú lúku a tým si skrátiť výstup ????
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Poněkud podprůměrná zřícenina, ale moc pěkný výhled.
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Zříceniny o rozměrech 360 x 96 metrů. Nádhera!
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Môj dom môj hrad, srdcu najmilší :)
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