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The story of Trenčín Castle
In the lower castle you will find a well with a romantic name: the well of love. Legend says a Turkish prince called Omar dug it through the rock to redeem the beautiful Fatima, whom he loved. In fact a garrison dug it in the 16th century; it took them 40 years and is approximately 80 metres deep.
The castle's history reaches back to Roman times, recalled by the inscription about the victory of the Second Legion at Laugaricio, the Latin name of Trenčín, in 179 AD. The oldest building here is a stone rotunda, probably from the Great Moravian period. In the 13th and 14th centuries the castle was home to Matthew III Csák, the legendary "Lord of the river Váh and the Tatra Mountains", who gave his name to the Máté Tower.
In 1335 the kings of Poland, Hungary and Bohemia concluded the Treaty of Trentschin here. Today the castle houses exhibitions of the Trenčín Museum, and in 2006 it attracted about 100,000 visitors.
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