A report on Pustý hrad

Enter gate of Upper Pustý castle.
Aerial view of the Pustý castle.
Courtyard near to enter gate
Courtyard
Aerial view
Lower castle (Dolný hrad)
Donč's Castle (Dončov hrad)

Castle whose ruins are located on a forested hill in the southern part of Zvolen in central Slovakia.

- Pustý hrad
Enter gate of Upper Pustý castle.

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Zvolen

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Town in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers, close to Banská Bystrica.

Town in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers, close to Banská Bystrica.

Zvolen Castle
Armored train Hurban
City centre of Zvolen
Zvolen in 1596
Slatina river in Zvolen

In the 11th and 12th centuries, one of the largest medieval castles in Europe, Pustý hrad, was constructed.

Zvolen castle

Zvolen Castle

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Medieval castle located on a hill near the center of Zvolen, in central Slovakia.

Medieval castle located on a hill near the center of Zvolen, in central Slovakia.

Zvolen castle
Zvolen Castle was strongly inspired by Italian castles of the fourteenth century

The original seat of the region was above the confluence of Slatina and Hron rivers on a steep cliff in a castle from the 12th century, known today as Pustý hrad (meaning "Deserted castle").

Zólyom County

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Administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary.

Administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary.

Map of Zólyom, 1891.
Former county of Zólyom superimposed on map of contemporary Slovakia.
Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description).
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The capital of the county was the castle of Pusztavár near Zólyom, then from the late 15th century the Zvolen Castle (Zólyomi vár) and from the 1760s the town of Besztercebánya.

John Jiskra

John Jiskra of Brandýs

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Czech strategist and mercenary soldier.

Czech strategist and mercenary soldier.

John Jiskra
John Jiskra's coat of arms

After this Jiskra, who was bestowed upon by the queen dowager with the High Captaincy of the mining towns of Upper Hungary and Kassa (Košice) as well as Zólyom Castle (Pustý hrad) remained a supporter of the young Ladislaus V against King Władysław III of Poland and the estates of Hungary.