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The Castle of Levice (Léva in Hungarian) was built in the XIII. c. to protect the mining towns of the Felvidék (then part of the Kingdom of Hungary, now Slovakia—Horná zem in Slovakian). Those towns produced significant quantity of gold, silver and other important metal ores and this was a good reason for a stronghold. The fortress had interesting (mean: troublesome) past with sieges, fires, different landlords, etc. In the middle of XVI c. a palace was erected around it that now serves as a museum. During Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–1711) the Hapsburg forces occupied it (1703) and as it suffered major damages beyond repairs it fell into ruins. Later some conservation works were stabilized the remnants of the walls and buildings while the town of Levice grown around it and encircled the castle hill. Would you believe that this has been taken in early November?

Please do not use, claim, hire, lend, borrow, nick or steal this image as this is my own work. This image is rock solidly copyrighted. If you fail to respect my rights I will be terribly sad and you might not want to see what it is like when I am sad... Really. But if you have any plan to use this image as a reference or any other kind of part of your work, please let me know and I may be fairly reasonable in terms and conditions.

This photo is a perspective corrected version (vertical lines are parallel now)

Description
The Castle of Levice (Léva in Hungarian) was built in the XIII. c. to protect the mining towns of the Felvidék (then part of the Kingdom of Hungary, now Slovakia—Horná zem in Slovakian). Those towns produced significant quantity of gold, silver and other important metal ores and this was a good reason for a stronghold. The fortress had interesting (mean: troublesome) past with sieges, fires, different landlords, etc. In the middle of XVI c. a palace was erected around it that now serves as a museum. During Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–1711) the Hapsburg forces occupied it (1703) and as it suffered major damages beyond repairs it fell into ruins. Later some conservation works were stabilized the remnants of the walls and buildings while the town of Levice grown around it and encircled the castle hill. Would you believe that this has been taken in early November?

Please do not use, claim, hire, lend, borrow, nick or steal this image as this is my own work. This image is rock solidly copyrighted. If you fail to respect my rights I will be terribly sad and you might not want to see what it is like when I am sad... Really. But if you have any plan to use this image as a reference or any other kind of part of your work, please let me know and I may be fairly reasonable in terms and conditions.

This photo is a perspective corrected version (vertical lines are parallel now)