Reconstructed manor house with a medieval core is a block fortress building with four corner towers. The building has a mansard roof, the entrance is emphasized by a portico with a balcony with a wrought iron mesh.The interior has preserved cross and lunette vaults. Facades are divided by lysine frames, floor windows emphasize the cornices.

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On the south side, the castle forms the torso of a high prismatic tower behind a mass of walls. The walls belong to the bastion from the beginning of the 17th century, while the massive tower (9x9 m) belongs to the medieval castle, but it is not its oldest part. This was a smaller tower at the extended end of the approximately pentagonal layout enclosed by a wall that belonged to the original castle from the middle of the 13th century. The area in front of the castle on the north side, on which there is a fort, served as an economically used forecourt. The wall with several pentagonal and sharp bastions has two rows of shooting ranges. Due to the steep slopes, it was not very possible to dig ditches, which were not even necessary due to inaccessibility, but some securing by ramparts or ditches nevertheless occurred, as evidenced by the terrain steps on the northern ridge.It is clearly possible to specify the large palace in the north. There was a kitchen next to the courtyard gate. In addition, there was a chapel, a hall, a dining room and a vaulted room. There was also a stable on the ground floor and living rooms on the first floor. The front of the castle was secured by a bastion and therefore the large tower did not have to be used for defense and grain was stored in it, or it served as an armory.

Tematín

The manor house has a medieval origin and consisted of two separate buildings, consolidated by a Renaissance reconstruction at the end of the 16th century, which was also decisive for its present appearance. These manor buildings are finished with a high arched attic and enclose a courtyard. In the 18th century, the building was remodeled in the Baroque style and the Csáky family had a chapel built on the site of the eastern bastion. Major alterations to the manor also took place in the second half of the 19th century, when a third floor was built into the attic space and a tower was added on the east side. Stucco ornaments of geometric and plant patterns are a typical element on the vaults of the representative spaces on the ground floor.The manor house currently has a rectangular floor plan and three floors. Along the edges of the building there is a square tower, a polygonal tower and a corner arch. The building is divided by flat pilasters. In 2017, the manor house was acquired by a new owner, who began with reconstruction.

Moravany nad Váhom

Although the castle is already a ruin, it still boasts beautiful remains of massive walls and parts of towers. The buildings that formed part of Čachtice Castle are now relatively well identifiable. The fortifications have retained the remnants of label Renaissance attics, the upper castle are fragments of the original plaster with paintings. The castle is shrouded in historical legends and mysteries associated with Countess Bathory.At the highest point of the castle was built a palace with a prismatic and horseshoe tower, which was also located a chapel. Other buildings were built around the upper courtyard gradually in the 14th century, while the large courtyard of the middle castle was lined with farm buildings just on the outskirts. Another palace and chapel came from the time of the Stibor reconstruction. The lower courtyard, which was mainly used for defense, was accessible from the upper ridge over a ditch cut in the rock. In the second half of the 16th century, there was a long connecting tunnel between the lower courtyard and the Renaissance courtyard. In the first half of the 16th century a manor house was built under the castle.In 2012-2014 the castle underwent an extensive reconstruction. The farm building was completed and roofed, the vaults were restored, a lookout terrace was built, and the tower was roofed. The castle was opened to the public after reconstruction in 2014.

Čachtice castle

The characteristic and main parts of the castle have been preserved to this day - a prismatic stepped tower, the walls of the upper castle (there are also foundations of the palace and other buildings), which created an elliptical courtyard, and the walls of the first fortress. The castle is still entered from the east and west, in places where the original gates of the first pre-castle from the 16th century were. The other east-facing bailey, for the most part, no longer stands, but is well identifiable in the field.Since 1999, the castle has been partially conserved and has been cleaned of the woody plants. In the interior of the best preserved prismatic tower was created a small exhibition on the history of the castle.

Topoľčany castle

The manor house was fortified with two bastions, but after reconstructions it lost its fortress character. It is a two-storey block building with a rectangular floor plan. The Renaissance period has two stages. In the first stage, the floor plan of the manor house acquired its current shape with an entrance tower. The central courtyard was surrounded by single sections on three sides and the fourth eastern side was closed by a full wall. The building was two-storey and the tower was open. In the second renaissance stage, the tower was closed and the manor house was built with an attic with round window openings. The decorative geometric decoration of the corners, the crown of the attic and the crown of the tower with sgraffito became a significant enrichment of the facades. The Baroque reconstruction later brought radical changes. The inner courtyard was built up and a staircase was added to the entrance tower from the west side. Most of the rooms were vaulted with barrel vaults with sections. In the 19th century, stone portals and window linings were probably replaced. The building received a new, mansard roof.In the 1970s, the manor house was radically repaired for plaster, roofing and wooden structures. The walls in the middle tract were removed, creating one space, the barrel vault was torn down and the space was vaulted with a false vault. In most rooms, the floors made of artificial stone were replaced, the parquet floors were removed. At present, the manor house is dilapidated, only the roof and the tower have been restored. The manor also includes an English park. In 2016, an architectural-historical research was carried out, the aim of which was to periodize building history and link them to the names of specific owners.

Nitrianska Blatnica

Significant architectural features have preserved mainly the buildings of the upper castle. These are mainly parapets, fragments of window frames and tracery, portals and also the remains of vaults or wall paintings. The ruins of the upper and lower castle are the remains of a set of palaces, farm buildings, defensive buildings and fortifications.Interesting is the open, unfinished cannon bastion in the lower courtyard and also the upper, regularly delimited courtyard, surrounded on three sides by the remains of palaces and the former entrance facade to the chapel. The medieval architecture is also emphasized by the about 70 m high castle gate, which forms a compositional unit with the ruins.

Beckov

The four-winged, multi-storey manor house has undergone only minor alterations and has retained its Renaissance style. It has two corner towers. From the side of the courtyard, they line the three wings of the arcade, on the second floor in the form of an open arcade corridor. The non-style restoration and modification in 1896 and 1924 highlighted the fortified character of the building in order to reconstruct the historical state in a romanticizing spirit.Coffered ceilings and stucco decoration have been preserved. In 2008, architectural and historical research was carried out. At present, the building is in a desolate state and dilapidated.

Hajná Nová Ves

The manor is a two-storey building with two prismatic towers on the corners. Between the towers is an Ionic column on the facade. The two-wing building has two tracts with a circular corridor. The side facades are from the time of the unified Empire design.The rooms are accessible from the circular corridor. A chapel was built in one wing in 1744.

Zemianske Podhradie

It was originally a ground-floor, four-winged Renaissance building with a central courtyard. The manor house was surrounded by a moat and on the north side there was a bastion, which was later rebuilt into a chapel. The building was then rebuilt and acquired a three-winged shape with a U-type floor plan.At present, the building houses the Municipal Office, post office and inn.

Horné Trhovište

The manor house was originally a fortified Renaissance building. The front wall of the fortification and two circular bastions with a stone portal in the middle are preserved. In the courtyard of the manor there are two classicist mansions rebuilt in 1901. The mansion with an older core is a single-storey building with an L-shaped floor plan. The second building is also single-storey and has a rectangular shape. On one side, the building is decorated with a series of Tuscan columns.The wall and bastions date from 1613. The cellars of the manor have barrel vaults. It consists of rough stones and bricks.