Ľubovňa Castle stands 1,798 feet (548 meters) above sea level in Slovakia. It was built in the thirteenth century, and its first written mention dates from 1311. It became royal property in 1312, and royal castellans lived there. In 1412 Sigismund of Hungary and Władysław Jagiełło of Poland signed a pact of friendship and peace at the castle.
During the Swedish Deluge in 1655, the Polish crown jewels and royal documents were hidden here for six years. Its chapel now shows copies of those jewels. Maurice Benyovszky was imprisoned here in 1768.
Jan Kanty Zamoyski, the last private owner, lived here with his wife until 1944. The Ľubovňa Museum moved into the castle area in 1966. The castle is partly a permanent ruin and partly rebuilt, with an open-air folk architecture museum below.
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