Várak és erődített helyek a Kárpát-medencében

castellum 

A fenyegető török veszély elhárítására épült 1564-ben, vagy kevéssel ez után a libetbányai castellum. A török hadak soha nem támadták. Az épület helyén a védelmi elemek elbontása után 1895-ben épült a ma is látható városháza. 

Vármegye: Zólyom 

Ország: Szlovákia 

Régió: Felvidék 

Helységnév 1: Libetbánya 

Helységnév 2: Ľubietová 

Ľubietová Fortified Manor House 

Ľubietová originated as a German mining settlement in the 13th – 14th centuries. It was historically mentioned for the first time in 1379 as “Lubetha” in a document by which King Louis I the Great promoted it to a free royal town. During the next years Ľubietová was given further privileges that significantly boosted its development. Toward the end of the 14th century Ľubietová became member of the Union of the central Slovakia mining towns (together with Banská Štiavnica, Banská Bystrica, Kremnica, Nová Baňa, Banská Belá, and Pukanec). In the 14th and 15th centuries there was mined gold, from the end of the 16th century iron ore, and up to the 19th century copper ore. In 1433 rich mining towns were assaulted by the Hussites who intended to weaken the power of King Sigismund I of Luxembourg. At that time Ľubietová got ravaged and its mining work sufferred a subsequent forty-year hiatus in the aftermath of this.