Open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Last entry at 6:15 p.m.

 Castle Devín will be closed 4.7., 5.7. (all day) and 6.7 until 11:45 due to the rental of the castle grounds.

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Open from 10 AM to 4 PM. Last entry at 3.15 PM.

Fauna na hrade Devín.

Clouded apollo disappeared together with bright forests

Fauna na hrade Devín.

Clouded apollo is a butterfly species which prefers grazed bright forests. If the edge of a forest is grazed by animals, it is kept open without thorny bushes and branches of the trees start in the height where animals could not reach them anymore.

When there is no pasture in a countryside anymore, forest edges will change too. The forest edge becomes overgrown – if someone wants to enter such forest, he/she must fight his/her way through dense and thorny bushes.

Excluding pasture means that the countryside is deprived of the organic connection between the pastureland and forest. And also, of clouded apollo since it needs such places. It used to live in Devín a few decades ago. But it doesn’t anymore – just due to the fact that there are no more grazed edges of the forests and bright, grazed forests.

Text author: Andrej Barát

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Schedule a trip to one of the most important national cultural heritages in Slovakia. Apart from historical or natural assets, the Devín Castle also offers the exposition with precious archaeological findings or events for the whole family. Get familiar with the castle and its close neighbourhood which has a lot going for it.

Visit us
today!

Schedule a trip to one of the most important national cultural heritages in Slovakia. Apart from historical or natural assets, the Devín Castle also offers the exposition with precious archaeological findings or events for the whole family. Get familiar with the castle and its close neighbourhood which has a lot going for it.