
The Spis Castle
Spissky hrad - The Spis castle, the largest castle of Central europe (UNESCO sight) Siva Brada - mineral spings, Levoca - one of the oldest town in Slovakia.
Lunch included.
The Spis Castle is one of the most precious cultural monuments in the Spis region and is situated on a dolomite rock 200 m above the surrounding land. This ruin is one of the largest castles in medieval central Europe. Its history is very rich, from the 12th to the 18th centuries, this was the military watch fort and former seat of the Spis governor (Zupan). The castle was burned to the ground in 1780 and never rebuilt. The Spis Castle is enlisted on the List of World's Cultural and Natural Heritage of UNESCO. Levoca founded in the 13th century is an urban cultural historical reservation with many gothic renaissance and early-baroque houses of nobles with arcade interior courtyards. The original town walls from the 14th and 15th century still remained preserved around the town centre. The Town Hall was built in gothic style in the 15th century, and it was rebuilt in the renaissance style at the beginning of the 17th century. The former Town Hall is today a museum of Spis culture. In front of the Town Hall, there is the so-called "cage of shame" from the year 1600. A gothic church with several fresco paintings from the late 14th century is situated in the middle of the main square.
