Castle Art Beckov Slovakia
by Lenora De Lude
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14.000 x 11.000 x 1.000 inches
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Title
Castle Art Beckov Slovakia
Artist
Lenora De Lude
Medium
Painting - Acrylic
Description
This painting is based on the Beckov Castle in Slovakia. It features a limestone cliff, on which is perched a medieval keep, in ruins. I love rocks and stones, and find castles fascinating. The original artwork is hand painted. Below is information I obtained at Wikipedia; it is not copied word for word.
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Beckov Castle is a castle in ruins. It stands near the village of Beckov in western Slovakia, on a cliff near the Vah River. This castle once served as the home of Stibor of Stiborics, a Polish Lord who controlled much of what was then Northern Hungary. This man had 31 castles. He gave Beckov a lot of attention, renovating it in a Gothic style. He brought in artists from miles around to make this castle a spectacular place. He built a chapel here, which contained works of art, such as sculpture and paintings.
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His son, Stibor Stiboric of Beckov inherited the castle in 1414. He in turn passed it to daughter Katarina. But the royal council nixed that, and said that she could only receive the normal one-fourth, of the estate, in cash. The castle was given to one Pal Banffy, and he married Katarina, so she wound up in the castle anyway.
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Later, the castle was turned to a Renaissance fortress. The castle and the Banffys went through the hardships of war, partially due to invasions of the Ottoman Turks. In 1646, the last Banffy died, and the castle became a prison. In 1729, a fire broke out and the castle was ruined. It has since undergone some renovation and in 1970, this nostalgic fortress was proclaimed a national monument.
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