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Castles of Slovakia / Hrady a zámky Slovenska (shared, public)

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Slovakia can be so-called "the country of castles". On relativelly small land were built over 200 castles, forts, fortified monasteries - preserved, in ruins, or perished. Many of them are introduced by geocachers, those you can find in this list.
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Slovensko mozno nazvat "krajinou hradov". Na relativne malom uzemi bolo v minulosti postavenych cez 200 hradov, zamkov a roznych opevneni. Mnoho z nich je predstavenych prostrednictvom geocachingu - prezrite si ich zoznam.

		GC Code	Cache Name	10 15 20 25 50 100 150 200
		GCPPWW	Benedictine monastery in Hronsky Benadik
			Fortified monastery in central part of country.
		GCKRD3	Betliar
			Beautiful preserved castle in eastern part of Slovakia.
		GCKQRN	Branc (Pluto)
			Ruins of castle in western part of Slovakia.
		GC10JNE	Brekov
			Ruined castle in Zemplin region (eastern SVK).
		GCR59E	Brezovicky hrad/castle
			Small perished castle in village near Presov (E).
		GC12M7P	Bzovik
			Former fortress in the southern part of Slovakia.
		GCYK70	Cache Vyšehrad
			Vanished hill-fort in Upper Nitra region.
		GCK9TP	Cachticky hrad (Venus)
			Castle ruins above village of Cachtice (west, Povazie region).
		GCH07D	Castle of Szepes (GCSZEP)
			Ruin of largest castle in the central Europe geography (Spis region).
		GCPZXX	Celemantia (Girls' castle)
			Ruins of Roman fortification in southern part of Slovakia.
		GCV999	Cica-Mica
			Ruin of gothic castle Cicava, east of Slovakia.
		GC120P7	Divin
			Ruin of castle above village of Divin, southern Slovakia.
		GCM017	Dobra Voda (Mars)
			Ruins of castle near Trnava (west).
		GCH3DT	Donicka
			Cache placed near ruins of Pajstun castle over village Borinka, near Bratislava.
		GCKR6M	Dracia skala/The Dragons rock
			Ruins of picturesque castle towering above Vah river (north).
		GCRD5J	Dragon ruins
			Ruin of small fortified castle above village of Borinka near Bratislava.
		GC136MW	Fotocache
			Preserved castle, northern part of Slovakia.
		GC1RQ3T	Gelnicky hrad/Golnitz castle
			South-east part of Slovakia - ruin.
		GCPZY8	Ghymes
			Ruins of gothic castle near city of Nitra.
		GCQVGQ	Haluzice
			Ruins of mystical fortified sacral objects, western part of country.