Plavecké Podhradie is a village

Village

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 and municipality

Municipality

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 in western Slovakia

Slovakia

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 in the Malacky District

Malacky District

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 in the Bratislava region

Bratislava Region

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Geography

The village lies at an altitude of 256 metres and covers an area of 21.188km². It has a population of 696 people.

Plavecky castle (remains)

Original Castle was built in 13th century. Middle part consisted of gothic castle:rectangular tower and the palace. In 16th century it was expensively rebuilt into renaissance fortress with low courtyards. It was continually fortiefied and maintained during 17th century, when new cannon bastions were built. In 1706 it was damaged by army and so became dilapidated in 18th century. The remains are visible from surrounding environment, part of Zahorie district can be seen from the remains. Water font is located near the remains.

External links

• http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html