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Spiš Castle

castle in Slovakia
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Summary

Spiš Castle is a castle ruin[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of castle ruin entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,631 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Žehra[3]
  • Country: Slovakia[4]
  • Architectural style: Romanesque architecture[5], Renaissance architecture[6], Gothic architecture[7]
  • Part of: Levoča, Spiš Castle and the associated cultural monuments[8], Q111784450[9]
  • Commons category: Spiš Castle[10]
  • Inception: 1200[11]
  • Official website: https://www.spisskyhrad.com/lokalita/spissky-hrad/[12], https://www.spisskyhrad.com/english/spis-castle/[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Spiš Castle[14]
  • Commons gallery: Spišský hrad[15]
  • Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[16]
  • Official name: Spišský hrad[17]
  • Native label: Spišský hrad[18]
  • Short name: Spiš[19]
  • Elevation above sea level: 610 m[20]
  • Area: 41,426 m²[21]
  • Offers view on: Spišské Podhradie[22]
  • Category for the interior of the item: Category:Interior of Spiš Castle[23]
  • Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from Spiš Castle[24]

Why It Matters

Spiš Castle has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

John Zápolya Slovakia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Q119009809. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Pescan · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for the interior of the item → Category:Interior of Spiš Castle
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Category for the interior of the item: Q141630303"
  2. 15d ago · Pi bot bot · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for the interior of the item → Category:Interior of Spiš Castle
    Sitelink count → 48
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'e
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Category for the interior of the item: Q141630303, Setting P7561 value"
  3. 15w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Spiš'}
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39462|batch #39462]]"
  4. 19w ago · Andrei Stroe · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Slovakia, Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301), Kingdom of Hungary +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Country: Habsburg monarchy"
  5. 19w ago · Andrei Stroe · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Country → Slovakia, Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301), Kingdom of Hungary +1
    Website → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+41426'}
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Country: Slovakia"
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