Čachtice Castle

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Čachtice Castle

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Jan 23, 2020

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Elizabeth Bathory was accused of the murder and torture of 650 women and girls between 1590 and 1610. The lion’s share of these atrocities are said to have been committed at Čachtice Castle, a 13th-century Romanesque fortress in the former Hungarian Empire.

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Jan 23, 2020

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