The castle ruins in Topoľčany do not belong to the most well-known monuments of the medieval architecture. One of the reasons could be the fact that besides building material, almost no specific architectural segments have been conserved. Nevertheless, the ruins were an extremely important example of castle defence works practically from the end of the 13th century until the 17th century. The ruins of Topoľčany castle, which are situated on the rock above the village Podhradie, consist of high residential tower surrounded by semicircular wall with well-preserved hoarding. A couple of years later this wall was enclosed by outer ward with...