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table with coins
table with coins

Inside the Orava Castle, Slovakia. On the table you can see many coins. I think they are left by turist, but I don't know why just in this place...

Orava Castle (Slovak: Oravský hrad) is the name of a castle situated on a high rock (520 meters/1,760 feet), which was constructed in the 13th century, considered to be one of the most interesting castles in Slovakia. The natural formation "castle cliff" - a limy spur 112 meters (367 ft) high, modeled by the Orava River and its right tributary brook Racova - has been inhabited since the primeval ages. The wooden rampart became during its history a strong walled castle of which the first written documents dates back to 1267. At that time only the ground floor was built of stone, the stories were made of wood. In 1370 the castle became the center of the Orava County. To find a use for the historical object, Ödön Zichy, the administrator of the property (Kompossesorat) organized a foundation, which had the aim to erect a regional museum of Orava. The first exposition took place at the Thurzo Palace in 1868. Nowadays, the Orava Museum is one of the oldest in Slovakia. After the Second World War Orava Castle was again generously renovated, and it was declared a national cultural monument in 1953.


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Taken on: September 11, 2008
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Camera: Olympus FE100,X710, f/3.0, 1/30 sec, 6.2mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)
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