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# Hudson Strait

Hudson Strait (French: Détroit d'Hudson) in Nunavut links the Atlantic Ocean and the Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay in Canada. This strait lies between Baffin Island and Nunavik, with its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nunavut and Resolution Island, off Baffin Island. The strait is about 750 km (470 mi) long with an average width of 125 km (78 mi), varying from 70 km (43 mi) at the eastern entrance to 240 km (150 mi) at Deception Bay.
English navigator Sir Martin Frobisher was the first European to report entering the strait, in 1578. He named a tidal rip at the entrance the Furious Overfall and called the strait Mistaken Strait, since he felt it held less promise as an entrance to the Northwest Passage than the body of water that was later named Frobisher Bay. Later in his 1587 voyage, explorer John Davis sailed by the entrance to the strait. The first European to explore the strait was George Weymouth who sailed 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) beyond the Furious Overfall in 1602.
The strait was named after Henry Hudson who explored it in 1610 in the ship Discovery, the same ship previously used by George Weymouth in 1602. Hudson was followed by Thomas Button in 1612, and a more detailed mapping expedition led by Robert Bylot and William Baffin in 1616.
The Hudson Strait links the northern seaports of Manitoba and Ontario with the Atlantic Ocean. The Strait could serve as an eastern entrance to the Northwest Passage if it were not for ice in the Fury and Hecla Strait south of western Baffin Island.

## Extent

The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Hudson Strait as follows:
       On the West. A line from Nuvuk Point (62°21′N 78°06′W﻿ / ﻿62.350°N 78.100°W﻿ / 62.350; -78.100) to Leyson Point, thence by the Eastern shore of Southampton Island to Seahorse Point, its Eastern extreme, thence a line to Lloyd Point (64°25′N 78°07′W﻿ / ﻿64.417°N 78.117°W﻿ / 64.417; -78.117) Baffin Island.
       On the North. The South coast of Baffin Island between Lloyd Point and East Bluff.
       On the East. A line from East Bluff, the Southeast extreme of Baffin Island (61°53′N 65°57′W﻿ / ﻿61.883°N 65.950°W﻿ / 61.883; -65.950), to Point Meridian, the Western extreme of Lower Savage Islands, along the coast to its Southwestern extreme and thence a line across to the Western extreme of Resolution Island, through its Southwestern shore to Hatton Headland, its Southern point, thence a line to Cape Chidley, Labrador (60°24′N 64°26′W﻿ / ﻿60.400°N 64.433°W﻿ / 60.400; -64.433).
       On the South. The mainland between Cape Chidley and Nuvuk Point.
# Prace, Czech Republic

Prace (German: Pratzen) is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

## Geography

Prace is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) southeast of Brno. It lies in the Dyje–Svratka Valley. The highest point is the hill Pracký kopec at 325 m (1,066 ft) above sea level.

## History

The first written mention of Prace is from 1274.
The pivotal action in the Battle of Austerlitz was fought over a nearby elevated area called Pracký kopec.

## Demographics

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1869 | 589 | — |
| 1880 | 842 | +43.0% |
| 1890 | 837 | −0.6% |
| 1900 | 845 | +1.0% |
| 1910 | 873 | +3.3% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1921 | 895 | +2.5% |
| 1930 | 966 | +7.9% |
| 1950 | 866 | −10.4% |
| 1961 | 931 | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 884 | −5.0% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1980 | 832 | −5.9% |
| 1991 | 785 | −5.6% |
| 2001 | 847 | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 884 | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 911 | +3.1% |
Source: Censuses :

## Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

## Sights

The main landmark of Prace is the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. It was originally a Baroque church, rebuilt in the Neoclassical style.
The Cairn of Peace Memorial in Prace memorializes those killed in the Battle of Austerlitz. It is an architecturally valuable Gesamtkunstwerk, built in the Art Nouveau style in 1910–1912. The monument symbolizes an ancient Slavic burial mound and consists of a four-sided truncated pyramid with a height of 26 metres (85 ft).
A cultural monument is the mass grave of about 800 Russian soldiers who died in the Battle of Austerlitz.
# 2010 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2010 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held Jan. 2–5 in at the Montague Curling Club in Montague, Prince Edward Island. The winning team represented Prince Edward Island at the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Club |
| Shirley Berry | Sandy Hope | Shelley Ebbett | Arleen Harris | Cornwall Curling Club, Cornwall |
| Suzanne Birt | Shelly Bradley | Leslie MacDougall | Stefanie Clark | Charlottetown Curling Club, Charlottetown |
| Donna Butler | Carolyn Coulson | Melissa Andrews | Lori Brine | Cornwall Curling Club, Cornwall |
| Tammy Dewar | Julie Moyaert | Darlene London | Gail Greene | Montague Curling Club, Montague |
| Lisa Jackson | Jackie Reid | Jodi Murphy | Heather Mader | Charlottetown Curling Club, Charlottetown |
| Rebecca Jean MacPhee | Robyn MacPhee | Kim Dolan | Nancy Cameron | Charlottetown Curling Club, Charlottetown |
| Erin Carmody | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | Kathy O'Rourke (skip) | Tricia Affleck | Charlottetown Curling Club, Charlottetown |

## Draws

| A Side | A Side | A Side | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | MacPhee | MacPhee | 4 | | | |
| Butler | Butler | 5 | O'Rourke | O'Rourke | 10 | | | |
| O'Rourke | O'Rourke | 8 | | | | O'Rourke | O'Rourke | 9 |
| Jackson | Jackson | 8 | | | | Jackson | Jackson | 5 |
| Dewar | Dewar | 4 | Jackson | Jackson | 6 | | | |
| Berry | Berry | 6 | Berry | Berry | 4 | | | |
| Birt | Birt | 5 | | | | | | |
| B Side | B Side | B Side | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | | Jackson | Jackson | 8 | | | |
| Dewar | Dewar | 8 | | | | Dewar | Dewar | 9 | | | |
| Birt | Birt | 7 | Dewar | Dewar | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | MacPhee | MacPhee | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Dewar | Dewar | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | O'Rourke | O'Rourke | 3 |
| | | | | | | O'Rourke | O'Rourke | 9 | | | |
| | | | | | | Butler | Butler | 3 | | | |
| | | | Butler | Butler | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | Berry | Berry | 4 | | | | | | |
| C Side | C Side | C Side | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | | O'Rourke | O'Rourke | 8 | | | |
| Birt | Birt | 9 | | | | Birt | Birt | 7 | | | |
| Berry | Berry | 2 | Birt | Birt | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | Jackson | Jackson | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | O'Rourke | O'Rourke | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | Butler | Butler | 5 |
| | | | | | | Dewar | Dewar | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Butler | Butler | 7 | | | |
| | | | MacPhee | MacPhee | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Butler | Butler | 8 | | | | | | |
| Final | Final | Final |
| Dewar | Dewar | 6 |
| O'Rourke | O'Rourke | 8 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kathy O'Rourke | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Tammy Dewar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
# Square-tailed saw-wing

The square-tailed saw-wing (Psalidoprocne nitens), also known as the square-tailed rough-winged swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is native to the African tropical rainforest.

## Description

It is dark green, almost black.

## Subspecies

There are currently two recognised subspecies.
* P. n. nitens, the nominate subspecies, which occurs in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo and Angola.
* P. n. centralis, which occurs in northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo.
# Belmont, Bas-Rhin

Belmont (French pronunciation: ; German: Schönenberg) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

## Climate

Climate data for Belmont, 1065m (1991−2020 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) | 1.2 (34.2) | 4.9 (40.8) | 10.3 (50.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 16.8 (62.2) | 18.8 (65.8) | 18.3 (64.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 10.3 (50.5) | 6.0 (42.8) | 2.6 (36.7) | 9.9 (49.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1 (30) | −1 (30) | 2.2 (36.0) | 6.9 (44.4) | 9.8 (49.6) | 13.3 (55.9) | 15.3 (59.5) | 15.0 (59.0) | 11.6 (52.9) | 7.8 (46.0) | 3.7 (38.7) | 0.4 (32.7) | 7.0 (44.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.2 (26.2) | −3.3 (26.1) | −0.5 (31.1) | 3.5 (38.3) | 6.4 (43.5) | 9.9 (49.8) | 11.8 (53.2) | 11.7 (53.1) | 8.8 (47.8) | 5.2 (41.4) | 1.4 (34.5) | −1.7 (28.9) | 4.2 (39.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 138.6 (5.46) | 107.4 (4.23) | 106.3 (4.19) | 65.2 (2.57) | 125.7 (4.95) | 114.5 (4.51) | 101.5 (4.00) | 116.2 (4.57) | 85.8 (3.38) | 115.3 (4.54) | 118.2 (4.65) | 147.2 (5.80) | 1,341.9 (52.85) |
| Source: Météo-France ||||||||||||||
# Mary McCaffree

Mary McCaffree may refer to:
* Mary Ellen McCaffree (1918–2014), member of the Washington House of Representatives
* Mary Jane McCaffree (1911–2018), White House Social Secretary during the Eisenhower administration
# Pukeiti (Auckland)

Pukeiti is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. The spatter cone is the smallest volcano in Auckland, reaching 30 metres (98 ft) above sea level, and has a shallow crater over 30 metres (98 ft) wide. The crater rim was quarried on the south and east side. Extensive lava poured out from this vent to form a lava flow field to the north and east. It is now part of the Otuataua Stonefields reserve.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "cabbage tree hill" for Pukeitī.
# Ochlodes yuma

Ochlodes yuma, the Yuma skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae that lives in wetlands of western North America. Its only known host is common reed (Phragmites australis).
The MONA or Hodges number for Ochlodes yuma is 4057.

## Subspecies

These five subspecies belong to the species Ochlodes yuma:
* Ochlodes yuma anasazi S. Cary & Stanford, 1995
* Ochlodes yuma lutea Austin in T. Emmel, 1998
* Ochlodes yuma sacramentorum Austin in T. Emmel, 1998
* Ochlodes yuma scudderi (Skinner, 1899)
* Ochlodes yuma yuma (W. H. Edwards, 1873)
# Dzierzgowo

Dzierzgowo is a village in Mława County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dzierzgowo. It lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of Mława and 108 km (67 mi) north of Warsaw.
# Mount Axtell

Mount Axtell is a low but distinctive rock peak 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) southeast of Mount Tidd in the Pirrit Hills, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It was positioned by the U.S. Ellsworth–Byrd Traverse Party, December 7, 1958, and named for William R. Axtell, Jr., U.S. Navy, cook at Ellsworth Station in 1958 who volunteered to accompany the traverse party.
# Gizanag

Gizanag (Persian: گيزنگ, also Romanized as Gīzanag; also known as Gīzanak) is a village in Bondar Rural District, Senderk District, Minab County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 46, in 12 families.
# 7th November Cup

7 November Cup (Arabic: كأس السابع من نوفمبر) was an international friendly football tournament that played every two years between 1991 and 1995. It was part of the 7 November 1987, commemoration ceremonies of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Three editions played in 1991, 1993 and 1995, and Tunisia won all of them.

## Results

| Ed. | Year | Host | First place game | First place game | First place game | Third place game | Third place game | Third place game | Teams |
| Ed. | Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Teams |
| 1 | 1991 | Tunisia | Tunisia | 3–0 | Luton Town F.C. | Senegal and FC Ararat Yerevan | Senegal and FC Ararat Yerevan | Senegal and FC Ararat Yerevan | 4 |
| 2 | 1993 | Tunisia | Tunisia | 2–1 | Egypt | Malta | 2–1 | Gabon | 4 |
| 3 | 1995 | Tunisia | Tunisia | Round-robin | Algeria | Mauritania | Mauritania | Mauritania | 3 |

## Tournaments
### 7 November Cup 1991

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 5 November – Tunis | 5 November – Tunis |
| Tunisia | 8 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 7 November – Tunis | 7 November – Tunis |
| FC Ararat Yerevan | 2 | 7 November – Tunis | 7 November – Tunis |
| FC Ararat Yerevan | 2 | Tunisia | 2 |
| 5 November – Tunis | 5 November – Tunis | | Tunisia | 2 |
| 5 November – Tunis | 5 November – Tunis | Luton Town F.C. | 1 |
| Luton Town F.C. | 1 | Luton Town F.C. | 1 |
| Senegal | 0 | | |

### 7 November Cup 1993

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 5 November – Tunis | 5 November – Tunis |
| Tunisia | 4 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 7 November – Tunis | 7 November – Tunis |
| Gabon | 0 | 7 November – Tunis | 7 November – Tunis |
| Gabon | 0 | Tunisia | 2 |
| 5 November – Tunis | 5 November – Tunis | | Tunisia | 2 |
| 5 November – Tunis | 5 November – Tunis | Egypt | 1 |
| Egypt | 3 | Egypt | 1 |
| Malta | 0 | | |
| Malta | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 7 November – Tunis | 7 November – Tunis |
| | | Malta | 2 |
| | | Gabon | 1 |

### 7 November Cup 1995

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Tunisia (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Champions |
| 2 | Algeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 | Runner-up |
| 3 | Mauritania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | Third place |

## Statistics

| Team | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 |
| Tunisia | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Luton Town F.C. | 2nd | × | × |
| Egypt | × | 2nd | × |
| Malta | × | 3rd | × |
| Gabon | × | 4th | × |
| Algeria | × | × | 2nd |
| Mauritania | × | × | 3rd |
| Senegal | SF | × | × |
| FC Ararat Yerevan | SF | × | × |
# Fred Peacock

Frederick Halliday Peacock (November 23, 1916 – February 15, 2010) was a businessman and former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 until 1979.

## Political career

Peacock was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general election. He defeated long time Social Credit incumbent Frederick Colborne, to win the new electoral district of Calgary Currie for the Progressive Conservatives. Peacock was re-elected with a landslide majority in the 1975 Alberta general election defeating three other candidates.
During his time in office he served as Minister of Development and Trade.

## Later life

Peacock is a current member of the Rotary Club of Calgary South. He is also a current member of the board of directors for the University of Calgary's The Van Horne Institute. He is also President of Peacock Holdings Limited
# French submarine Ouessant (S623)

Ouessant (S623) is an Agosta-class submarine built for the French Navy.

## Construction and career

She was completed at the Arsenal de Cherbourg in 1978 and served the French Navy until her 2001 decommissioning. From 2005 to 2009, Ouessant was employed as a training vessel to train Royal Malaysian Navy personnel who will operate the two French-built Scorpène-class submarines planned for the Royal Malaysian Navy. Despite official statements in 2009 that Ouessant had been sold to Malaysia, the position remained unclear. Because of Ouessant's role in the establishment of the Malaysian submarine forces, plans to return the vessel to Malaysia to serve as a museum ship were announced in July 2009.; Ouessant was formally transferred to the Malaysian Government on 23 September 2011 to be transported to Klebang, Malacca to become a submarine museum.
# Jagdish Gill

Jagdish Gill (born December 5, 1984, in Calcutta, India) is an Indian-born Canadian field hockey player, who played for the Canada national field hockey team at the 2015 Pan American Games and won a silver medal.
In 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team.
# Sacyr

SACYR S.A. (Spanish pronunciation:) is a Spanish infrastructure operator and developer company based in Madrid.

## History

The company was founded in 1986 as Sociedad Anónima Caminos y Regadíos and was renamed Sacyr in 1991. The company received their first concession in 1996, which was the Chilean El Elquí highway. From this moment on, it began its expansion by adding concessions in Chile and Spain and making purchases such as that of Avasa, the highway between Bilbao and Zaragoza.
In 2002, it acquired 24.5% of Vallehermoso, a leading Spanish housing business founded in 1921. In 2003 it merged with Vallehermoso to form Sacyr Vallehermoso.
In June 2006, Isolux Corsán presented a takeover bid for Europistas at a price of 4.8 euros per share, which meant valuing the company at 646 million euros.
On December 1, 2008, an agreement between the Citigroup fund and Sacyr was announced, whereby Sacyr disposed of its subsidiary for €7,887 million, €2,874 million in cash plus €5,013 million in net debt that would be assumed by the fund. The agreement did not include concessions under development and concessions in operation that were not highways. In addition, the group would later acquire from Citigroup a series of toll roads worth €478.3 million and a series of concession activities in the launch and construction phase for a total amount of €450 million. Sacyr seeks to bring together all the concessions it holds in a new subsidiary, Sacyr Concesiones. Abertis also agreed with Citigroup to buy assets in Spain and Chile for a value of €621 million. Also, Atlantia would acquire stakes in toll roads in Portugal, Brazil and Chile for €420 million.
In July 2022, the company was fined €16.7 million, along with five other contractors, by the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) for bidding collusion in public tenders for building and civil infrastructure works.

## Major projects

Major projects involving the business include the Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso, completed in 2008.

## Shareholdings

Sacyr was the largest shareholder in the Spanish oil company Repsol YPF, holding an approximate 20% stake. On December 20, 2011, Repsol YPF bought half of Sacyr's stake back in order to save the shares from being seized in a foreclosure. As of June 2021, SACYR owned 7.8% of Repsol YPF.
# Hasanabad-e Sabrow

Hasanabad-e Sabrow (Persian: حسن آباد سبرو, also Romanized as Ḩasanābād-e Sabrow; also known as Ḩasanābād) is a village in Zeberkhan Rural District, Zeberkhan District, Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 27, in 9 families.
# Muslim Sattarov

Muslim Sattarov (born 12 November 1965) is an Uzbekistani former competitive ice dancer. With his skating partner, Dinara Nurdbayeva, he represented Uzbekistan at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, placing 21st in the ice dance category.

## Competitive highlights
### with Nurdbayeva

International :
| Event | 1994 |
| Winter Olympics | 21st |
| World Championships | 33rd |
# Antonio Guiteras

Antonio Guiteras y Holmes (22 November 1906 – 8 May 1935) was a leading politician in Cuba during the 1930s.

## Biography

He was born 22 November 1906 in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a proponent of revolutionary socialism and participated in the radical government installed after the overthrow of the autocratic right wing Cuban President Gerardo Machado y Morales in 1933. In 1931, Guiteras established the Unión Revolucionaria.
Guiteras's political beliefs were nurtured in the volatile political climate of the 1920s. He first became widely known as a student leader and associate of Julio Antonio Mella, a young Communist revolutionary. He believed that the liberation of the people would be achieved through violent confrontation with the established authorities; he did not hold firm to the ideal of democracy. Antonio Guiteras was named Minister of the Interior under President Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín. Many reforms were introduced, including a minimum wage, minimum labour regulations, academic freedom, and nationalisation of important sectors of the economy. After the "government of 100 days", Guiteras became even more radical and founded Joven Cuba, a proletarian political organisation inspired by anti-capitalism and the nationalism of José Martí.
In his account Cuba: A New History, the leftist historian Richard Gott summarizes Guiteras's beliefs and methods:
   Guiteras's views reflected an eclectic mix of revolutionary influences, from Auguste Blanqui to Jean Jacques Jaurès. He drew inspiration from the Mexican and the Russian revolutions, the struggle in Ireland and Sandino's guerrilla movement in Nicaragua. He shared the anti-imperialist politics of the age and, drawing on anarchist roots, advocated rural and urban armed struggle, assaults on army barracks and the assassination of policemen and members of the government. He was a firm believer in direct action, the propaganda of the deed, derived from Blanqui and the Spanish anarchists, and was much criticised by the Communists for his voluntarism and his predilection for violence.
He died in Matanzas, Cuba: Guiteras and several of his conspirators died in a gun battle with Batista’s army on May 8, 1935, at the abandoned Spanish Fort Morrillo in the Valley of Matanzas. Guiteras was waiting there for a boat that was to take him and his companions across to México, where he hoped to continue his work for the people of Cuba.
# Upper Váh region

The Upper Váh region (Slovak: Horné Považie) is a tourism region in the north-west of Slovakia. Because of its beautiful countryside, it is one of the most visited regions in Slovakia. In the past it was part of Trencsén County.

## Geography

The region lies along the northern part of the river Váh. It borders the following regions: Kysuce in the north, Orava in the east, Turiec in the southeast, Upper Nitra in the south, Middle Váh region in the south-west and Moravian Wallachia in the north-west.

## Districts

* Bytča District
* Považská Bystrica District
* Žilina District
* Púchov District

## Places to visit
### Castles
#### Považský hrad

A romantic ruin of medieval Gothic castle is making an essential silhouette on the right side of the river Váh, near Považská Bystrica. It is built on a cliff 497 meters above sea level. Due to its location it was one of the most important castles guarding the valley of the river Váh, location of the castle is attractive also nowadays because it is set above important rail and road routes. At the peak of its fame it was home of around 400 people. It is famously known as an "eagles nest" of the important noble family of Podmaniczky, which controlled most of the region.

##### Budatín Castle

Budatín castle is a castle in north-western Slovakia. It was built as a guarding castle in the second half of the 13th century near the confluence of the Kysuca and the Váh, where tolls were collected. At the beginning of the 14th century, originally royal fortress passed into the hands of Matthew Csák and the castle, especially towers were fortified, and inside the fortress a new palace was built.

#### Strečno Castle

Strečno castle is a castle in north-western Slovakia. It is the symbol of slovak feudalism. It was built in the 14th century. Leopold I ordered to destroy the castle in the 17th century, similarity with Považský hrad. It is part of Slovak national heritage

#### Bytča Castle

Bytča castle is a castle in the centre of the town of Bytca. It was built in the 13th century by the archbishop of Nitra. From 1563 it became the possession of Frantisek Thurzo. He built a manor house around an old Gothic castle. Works ended in 1574. A famous Italian architect Kilian of Milan was invited to supervise the works. Another great Italian architect was called to supervise the repairs in 1612, it was Pocabello.