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The castle of Čachtice was made rather infamous by a cruel countess Elisabeth of Bathory. The originally Gothic watch fortress of the early 13th century was reconstructed in the 15th and 17th centuries only to be plundered in 1708 by the troops of František II. Rákoczi and left in ruins ever since. The village of Čachtice houses a Gothic church of the late 14 th century, 14th century Gothic chapel, Renaissance mansion of 1668, and Renaissance mansion of the early 17th centrury together with a museum.
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