The original Stropkov castle consisted of two parts - the inner and outer castle. The inner castle was its core and consisted of a palace, chapel, tower and courtyard. The outer castle formed its own polygonal fortifications, which protected cannon bastions and moat. A chapel and a refuge tower have been preserved from this area, which today form part of the parish church. To the east of the church is a block building of the mansion, which was one of the buildings of the castle, or was built of material ruined area.In 2006 - 2007 archaeological research was carried out in the area of the mansion building. In its exterior, in the southern part of the complex, the underground vaulted space, which contained a lot of ceramics and glass, was disrupted. Research gradually spread south and west of the mansion, in. 2007 also to the area of the entrance gate and the eastern wall. Two research seasons of archaeological research provided the first information about the actual ground plan layout of this castle.At present, another stage of archaeological research is underway. In the mansion there is a museum.

Stropkov Castle is first mentioned in the deeds of donation of King Sigismund of Luxembourg from 1408, but it is clear that it stood during the Balickov period in the 14th century. The castle was a noble house near the church. These two buildings were surrounded by stone or wooden fortifications. Its owners mentioned the Polish aristocratic Balickov family and later the Perényi family. From 1569, the owners of the manor became the Pethõ family from Gers, who are known to have settled directly on the castle, which also results in significant building modifications. The new owners rebuilt the castle in their own way as an important aristocratic residence. Later, during the 16th century, at the time of the Turkish threat, defensive elements were added. After the extinction of the Pethõ family in 1764, the castle was still used and inhabited.

In 1814, however, a fire broke out in the blacksmith's workshop, which also engulfed the city center and damaged the castle, which gradually began to decay. Some sources claim that the castle was demolished after the suppression of the Kuruk uprising in 1711, but this view is incorrect, as we know its floor plan from 1767. Most of the walls were dismantled into building materials by the locals after the fire. Until the 20th century, only one building has been preserved - the current manor house. Other parts of the castle were presented after archaeological research (2006-07) as above-ground masonry. The manor house was significantly rebuilt in the 17th and 18th and 20th centuries.

In 2006, the manor house underwent renovation, and significant building modifications were made to achieve the look of the manor house from 17-18. century. In 2017-2018, a new stage of archaeological research of the castle began, when the family houses that stood on the site of the castle were bought and renovated. One of the five castle bastions (exterior and interior) has been partially preserved in their cellars. This bastion was connected by walls, which stretched from the manor house through the garden belonging to the houses and from the bastion to the place of the fountain to another bastion. Since 2019, research into the northwestern bastion under the former houses has been underway.

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