Slovakia is known by its castles. Although a small country, it's got a castle at almost every hill :).
Lot of them are nowadays just a ruins but some are being reconstructed by groups of volunteers. And a few of them is fully conserved, like for example Bojnice Castle or Orava Castle. In today's article, I am glad to show you a little pretty Red Stone Castle in Small Carpathians, just an hour of drive from Bratislava.
The castle was built before 1240 at a request of Queen Konstancia Uhorska. Later, it passed into the ownership of Matus Cak Trenciansky and a number of families and the counts of Svaty Jur and Pezinok. The strategic position of Red Stone, situated close to Bratislava and Vienna was used to create a safe storehouse for goods which one of the families traded across the whole Europe. From 16th century to 1945, the castle was in ownership of significant Palfi family. Today, it's a national cultural property. As Red Stone lies in the Carpathian forests, it's an ideal place to relax during weekends. Already know where you'll go to a family trip when Spring starts? :)  

Slovensko. Malá veľká krajina s krásnou prírodou a bohatou históriou. To nie sú len prázdne slová, ale fakt, veď sa stačí rozhliadnúť okolo seba, takmer na každom kopci máme nejaký hrad. Či už zachovalý viac alebo menej. Dnes bude reč o hrade Červený Kameň, ktorý je situovaný v Malých Karpatoch, menej ako hodinu jazdy z Bratislavy. 
Tento hrad dala postaviť česká kráľovná Konštancia Uhorská ešte pred rokom 1240. Vďaka svojej vynikajúcej strategickej polohe bol neskôr využívaný aj ako bezpečný sklad tovarov, s ktorými jeho vtedajší vlastníci, rodina Fuggerovcov, obchodovali po celej Európe. Od 16. storočia až do roku 1945 patril hrad významnej rodine Pálfiovcom, po tomto roku sa stal štátnym kultúrnym majetkom.

Source/Zdroj: www.hradcervenykamen.sk