Čičava Castle
The ruins of the Gothic Čičava castle rise on a rocky mountain spur above the right bank of the Ondava near the Sedliská municipality in eastern Slovakia .
The castle was founded at the beginning of the 14th century. The owners were members of the (Upper) Hungarian branch of the Drugeth family . At the beginning of the 16th century it was greatly expanded and rebuilt, but a short time later it burned down after the conquest by Johann Zápolya . In 1684 the castle was occupied by Emmerich Thököly . Since Rákóczi's defeat by the Habsburgs in 1711, the castle had been in ruins. Today only the high walls and a defense tower are preserved.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 54 ′ 58.3 " N , 21 ° 44 ′ 7" E