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Castle Hajnáčka
Hajnáčka, Slovakia, Slovakia
Castle Hajnáčka in Hajnáčka, southern Slovakia, is a Gothic castle ruin perched on a 355-meter volcanic basalt outcrop in the Cerová Highlands, first documented in 1245 as a refuge site praised by King Béla IV for local resistance against the Mongol invasion. Built soon after by župan Mikov of the Balassa family lineage, replacing earlier wooden-earthworks, it controlled 15 settlements as a manorial seat through noble families like Hunt-Pázmány, Szécsény, Pálóczy, and robber baron Melchior Balassa amid Turkish occupations in 1545 and 1565. Key in Central Europe's anti-Ottoman defenses with 17th-century modernizations, it burned during the 1703 Rákóczi uprising occupation by Ladislav Osckay's troops and fell into ruin shortly after, now preserving scant debris amid rock-carved stairs in a nature reserve.
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