Oravský Hrad located above the Orava river in the village of Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia. In Eglish it is called Orava Castle, in German Arwaburg and in Hungarian: Árva vára). castlesandmanorhouses/photos.htm Orava Castle stands on the site of an old wooden fortification, built after the Mongol invasion of Hungary of 1241.The later design was in Romanesque and Gothic style. Later still it was reconstructed as a Renaissance and Neo-Gothic structure,. Many scenes of the 1922 film Nosferatu were filmed here. After a period of dilapidation the castle became a national monument after World War II.
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