Košický hrad
Slovakia
Do not come to Hradová expecting towers on the skyline. The hill north-west of Košice carries the remains of a castle that left very little behind: footings, stretches of perimeter wall, and enough masonry to show that something serious once stood here. The official name is Košický hrad, though you will also hear it called simply Košice or Hradová, and occasionally Sokoľ, a name the record marks as disputed. What makes the walk worthwhile is not size but story. Below this hill, in 1312, the well-known battle of Rozhanovce was fought, and the fortress you are standing in was bound up with that fight from the start.
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