Košice Region
Spišská Nová Ves District
Žehra

Spiš Castle

The ruins of Spiš Castle in eastern belong to six largest castles sites in Slovakia. The castle is situated above the town of and the village of , in the region known as .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in Slovakia
  • Also known as: “Arx Scepusiensis”, “Spis Castle”, “Spišský Hrad”, “Szepesi vár”, and “Zipser Burg”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Spišský hradný vrch and Evanjelický a. v. kostol.

Peak
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is a peak.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1 km west of Spiš Castle.

Church
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St Martin's Cathedral is a cathedral in . It is located in the town of and is the cathedral church of the Spiš diocese. is situated 2 km west of Spiš Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spišské Podhradie and Studenec.

Photo: János Korom Dr., CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town of 3,800 people famous for its castle. The Spiš Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the region of . Founded in the 12th century, it guarded the borders of the former Szepes county of the former Kingdom of .

Village
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is a and municipality in in the of central-eastern .

Suburb
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is an exceptionally well-preserved ecclesiastical town on the outskirts of , , and overlooking Spiš Castle. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Levoča, Spiš Castle and the associated cultural monuments".

Spiš Castle

Latitude
48.99945° or 48° 59′ 58″ north
Longitude
20.76742° or 20° 46′ 3″ east
Elevation
610 metres (2,001 feet)
Open location code
8GW2XQX8+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 219698596
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
7627326
Wiki­data ID
Q205558
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Vietnamese—“Spiš Castle” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Castiello de Spiš”
  • Armenian: “Սպիշի դղյակ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Spiş qalası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Spiş qəsri”
  • Bashkir: “Спиш замогы”
  • Basque: “Spiško gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Спішскі Град”
  • Belarusian: “Спішскі замак”
  • Belarusian: “Сьпіскі замак”
  • Bosnian: “Levoča i Spiška tvrđava”
  • Bulgarian: “Спиш (замък)”
  • Bulgarian: “Спишки замък”
  • Catalan: “castell de Spiš”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Spiš”
  • Chinese: “Spišský hrad”
  • Chinese: “斯皮什城堡”
  • Croatian: “Spiški dvorac”
  • Czech: “Spišský hrad”
  • Dutch: “Spissky hrad”
  • Dutch: “Spišský hrad”
  • Esperanto: “Spiŝa burgo”
  • Estonian: “Spiši kindlus”
  • Estonian: “Spiši linnus”
  • Finnish: “Spišin linna”
  • French: “château de Spiš”
  • French: “Château de Spiš”
  • Georgian: “სპიშკი-ჰრადი”
  • German: “Arx Scepusiensis”
  • German: “Spišský Hrad”
  • German: “Szepesi vár”
  • German: “Zipser Burg”
  • Greek: “κάστρο του Σπις”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο του Σπις”
  • Hebrew: “טירת ספיש”
  • Hebrew: “ספישסקי הראד”
  • Hungarian: “szepesi vár”
  • Hungarian: “Szepesi vár”
  • Hungarian: “Szepesvár”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Spiš”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Spiš”
  • Italian: “castello di Spiš”
  • Italian: “Castello di Spiš”
  • Japanese: “スピシュスキー城”
  • Latvian: “Spišas pils”
  • Lithuanian: “Spišo pilis”
  • Macedonian: “Спишки замок”
  • Maltese: “Kastell ta‘ Spis”
  • Maltese: “Kastell ta‘ Spiš”
  • Maltese: “Kastell ta’ Spiš”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Spišský hrad”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Spisskyborgen”
  • Norwegian: “Spisskyborgen”
  • Polish: “Arx Scepusiensis”
  • Polish: “Szepesi vár”
  • Polish: “Zamek Spiski”
  • Polish: “Zamek Spiża”
  • Polish: “Zipser Burg”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Spiš”
  • Romanian: “Cetatea Spiš”
  • Romanian: “Cetatea Zips”
  • Russian: “Спишский Град”
  • Serbian: “Спишки замак”
  • Slovak: “Spišský hrad”
  • Slovenian: “Spiški grad”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Spiš”
  • Swedish: “Spisskyborgen”
  • Turkish: “Spiš Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Списький град”
  • Ukrainian: “Списький Град”
  • Ukrainian: “Спішський Град”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Spiš”
  • “Spišský hrad”

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