This post contains my photos from spending Happy Easter Monday, especially during history and nature moments. That includes ruins of castle called Brekov.

Location: Brekov, Humenne County

Date: April 2020

In sum, precious explanation of place as follows:

Brekov Castle (Slovak Brekovský hrad, Hungarian Barkó vára) is a ruined Gothic and Renaissance era stone castle above the village of Brekov in Humenné District, Prešov Region, in east Slovakia. It is a hilltop castle located on a cone-shaped hill with a limestone bedrock, in an altitude of approximately 480 m (1574.80 ft) above sea level. The eponymous village at the foot of the castle hill was founded as an adjoined castle settlement, similarly to several other villages in the region.  Brekov and Brekov Castle lie in the traditional region of Zemplín. The castle is listed in the National Cultural Heritage list of the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic.

The castle hill saw human settlement and fortification efforts even before the construction of the medieval castle. Recovered evidence from earlier archaeological research on the hill top and its perimeter revealed the existence of a smaller hill fort of local Slavic tribes during the early Middle Ages.

The beginnings of the stone castle date back to the second half of the 13th century.

This post contains my photos from spending Happy Easter Monday, especially during history and nature moments. That includes ruins of castle called Jasenov.

Location: Jasenov, Humenne County

Date: April 2020

In sum, precious explanation as follows:

Jasenov Castle (Slovak Jasenovský hrad, Hungarian Jeszenő vára) is a ruined Gothic and Renaissance era stone castle above the village of Jasenov in Humenné District, Prešov Region, in east Slovakia. It is a hilltop castle located on a fairly steep, roughly cone-shaped hill with a limestone bedrock, in an altitude of approximately 392 m (1286.08 ft) above sea level. The eponymous village at the foot of the castle hill was founded as an adjoined castle settlement, similarly to several other villages in the region. Jasenov and Jasenov Castle lie in the traditional region of Zemplín. The castle is listed in the National Cultural Heritage list of the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic.

The beginnings of the stone castle date back to the second half of the 13th century. Jasenov is unique among the larger castles of the Upper Zemplín county (and region) due to being founded as a seat of a noble family from the beginning, rather than a castle founded by royal initiative. The original construction of the castle was begun by the Petény (Peteň, Pečeň) noble family in the late 1200s and led to the erection of the castle’s keep and the original, core defensive perimeter.

In the 1310s, the castle was donated, along with the town of Humenné, the nearby Brekov Castle and the surrounding manors to the Drugeth family by Charles I. of Hungary. The Drugeth family retained ownership of the castle until its demise in 1644, when it was destroyed by one of the armies of George I. Rákoczi, during one of the period’s anti-Habsburg uprisings.

This post contains my photos from spending Happy Easter, big easter week. That includes eggs and flowers decoration, traditions of baking moments, etc.

In short explanation:

Most Christians refer to the week before Easter as “Holy Week“, which contains the days of the Easter Triduum, including Maundy Thursday, commemorating the Maundy and Last Supper, as well as Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus. In Western Christianity, Eastertide, or the Easter Season, begins on Easter Sunday and lasts seven weeks, ending with the coming of the 50th day, Pentecost Sunday. In Eastern Christianity, the season of Pascha begins on Pascha and ends with the coming of the 40th day, the Feast of the Ascension.

Easter and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts which do not fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian or Julian calendars which follow only the cycle of the Sun; rather, its date is offset from the date of Passover and is therefore calculated based on a lunisolar calendar similar to the Hebrew calendar.

Location: Hažín nad Cirochou, My HomeVillage, Humenne County

Date: April 2020

This post contains my photos from my sport´s moments during period of Spring. That includes nature walking with dog, running, cycling, fireplace, etc. River called Cirocha, view of Sninnský Kameň.

Location: Hažín nad Cirochou, My HomeVillage, Humenne County

Date: March, April 2020

This post contains my photos from my baking moments during period of Spring. That includes HOMEMADE sweet cinnamon rolls, plums cake, strawberry french toast, cake called babovka, walnuts cookies, vanilla cookies.

Location: Hažín nad Cirochou, My HomeVillage

Date: March, April 2020