ČACHTICE Castle, surrounded by legends, has regained its impressive form from 1700… but only in 1:50 scale, at the Matthew’s Kingdom visitor attraction near the village of Podolie. ČACHTICE Castle, ...

People at Čachtice castle burnt the goddess of winter Morena and welcomed goddess of spring Vesna, who with joy and cheerfulness hurries winter out and brings warmth to gardens, forests and meadows.

ČACHTICE, Slovakia (AP) — More than 400 years after her death, the truth about “the Blood Countess,” a Hungarian noblewoman alleged to have been the most prolific female serial killer of all time, ...

Elizabeth Báthory was born on August 7, 1560, into one of the richest noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary, but her name became tied to one of the darkest legends in European history. She was ...

Most of those in search of vampires travel to Romania, where former Transylvania can be found. But why not go to Slovakia for something different? In Čachtice you'll find the ruins of Čachtice Castle ...

Throughout Central Europe, 16th-century noblewoman Elizabeth Báthory is infamous for torture and murder. But was she really as evil as history tells it? Irretrievably mired in myth and speculation, ...