Ľubovňa Castle was built at the turn of the 13th – 14th century. The first written mention dates back to 1311. In 1412, King Sigismund of Hungary and King Władysław Jagiellon of Poland met at the castle and signed an agreement of friendship and peace. At the end of the same year, Ľubovňa Castle became part of the Spiš advance for the next 360 years. During the Swedish-Polish War of 1655-1661, the Polish crown jewels were hidden in the castle.
In 1768, the famous adventurer and later king of Madagascar Móric Beňovský was imprisoned in the castle. In 1825 the castle was bought by the Hungarian nobleman Juraj Félix Raisz. The last private owner of Ľubovňa Castle was Ján Kanty Zamoyski, who married the Spanish infanta Isabella de Bourbon. They lived in the castle until 1944.
The open-air museum under the Ľubovňa Castle was opened in 1985, thus creating a unique example of “men’s and folk” life. With its houses, the open-air museum brings closer the life in a traditional village in the Upper Spiš and Šariš region, where Ruthenians, Gorals, Germans, Jews and Roma lived together for centuries.
The dominant feature of the open-air museum is a wooden Greek-Catholic church dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel built in 1833. There are 32 residential and farm buildings in the open-air museum. An interesting feature is the demonstration of traditional livestock breeding – sheep, goats, poultry, rabbits, cows and horses.
Ľubovnianske
múzeum
SUBSIDIES AND SUPPORT
Spirepo
International Visegrad Fund
Subsidies and support
EHP/EEA grants
Dňa 29. júna 2023 je hrad Ľubovňa z technických príčin zatvorený!
Skanzen pod hradom je otvorený od 9.00 – 19.00 h, posledný vstup o 18.00 h. Ďakujeme za pochopenie.
