A château with a bell tower once stood where the road leaves town towards Smižany. After drinking bouts, its lords sometimes rang the bell at midnight for amusement. One day an angry servant supposedly cursed the château, and immediately the entire building, tower and bell sank underground. Every year at the same date and hour, ringing is heard from the earth here, but only small, innocent children can hear it.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Spišská Nová Ves
- Municipality / starting point
- Spišská Nová Ves
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 25 km SE of Popradu
Approximate location on the map
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Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 321
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.