{"id":2070,"date":"2020-06-03T08:25:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T07:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/historia\/hrad-zborov\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T12:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:37:31","slug":"hrad-zborov","status":"publish","type":"historia","link":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/historia\/hrad-zborov\/","title":{"rendered":"Zborov Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Zborov Castle<\/strong> or <strong>Poppy<\/strong> It is the ruins of a castle near the village of Zborov in the district of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/lokalita\/bardejov-a-okolie\/\" data-type=\"lokalita\" data-id=\"178\">Bardejov<\/a>. The earliest references to the castle date from the early 14th century. It passed through the hands of the Cudar family, then the Rozgonyi family; later it belonged to the T\u00e1rczay family, then the Ser\u00e9dy family, and only then to the R\u00e1k\u00f3czi family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zborov Castle \u2013 a rich history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original royal Gothic castle consisted of a courtyard with a roughly triangular ground plan, featuring a defensive wall, a prismatic tower (donjon), a palace and a chapel. The lower courtyard was divided by walls, which allowed for better control of access to the central courtyard, and in its western part, farm buildings were attached to the castle wall. Renaissance alterations, modelled on Italian designs, improved the outdated fortification system and created a comfortable manor house that met the most demanding residential standards of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The R\u00e1k\u00f3czi family, who owned the castle in the 17th century, were concerned solely with its upkeep. In the second half of the 17th century, they moved to the manor house in Zborov. The castle ruins were severely damaged during the First World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A nature reserve with centuries-old oak trees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The castle hill was declared a protected area as early as 1926, and its protection was extended in 1950 when it was designated a state nature reserve, making it one of the oldest protected areas in Slovakia. The protection focuses primarily on the massive, centuries-old English oaks planted along the access road to the castle. The climb up to the castle is therefore also a walk through a rare, ancient oak forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to Zborov Castle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The castle is open to the public and can be reached via two main routes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Z<strong> Bardejov Spa<\/strong> \u2013 via the circular nature trail that winds its way past Zborov Castle. The walk takes around 4 hours and is an easy hike.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Z <strong>the municipality of Zborov<\/strong> \u2013 from Podhradie Street or from Dlh\u00e1 l\u00faka. The climb takes about 40 minutes and is an easy hike.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zborov Castle is part of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarisskahradnacesta.sk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0\u0160ari\u0161 Castle Road<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: OOCR R\u0160<br>Source of photographs: OOCR R\u0160<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":5713,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"kategoria-poi":[105,106,100,102,107],"lokalita":[178],"sezona-poi":[12],"trvanie-vyletu":[180],"class_list":["post-2070","historia","type-historia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategoria-poi-historia","kategoria-poi-hrady","kategoria-poi-pre-rodiny","kategoria-poi-prirodne-krasy","kategoria-poi-turistika","lokalita-bardejov-a-okolie","sezona-poi-celorocne","trvanie-vyletu-poldenne-vylety"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/historia\/2070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/historia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/historia"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategoria-poi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategoria-poi?post=2070"},{"taxonomy":"lokalita","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lokalita?post=2070"},{"taxonomy":"sezona-poi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sezona-poi?post=2070"},{"taxonomy":"trvanie-vyletu","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trvanie-vyletu?post=2070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}