The ruins of Spiš Castle (Slovak: Spišský hrad, ; Hungarian: Szepesi vár; Polish: Zamek Spiski; German: Zipser Burg) in eastern Slovakia form one of the six largest castle sites in Slovakia. The castle is situated above the town of Spišské Podhradie and the village of Žehra, in the region known as Spiš (Hungarian: Szepes, German: Zips, Polish: Spisz, Latin: Scepusium). It was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1993 (together with the adjacent locations of Spišská Kapitula and Žehra). The area of the castle is 3.9 ha (9.6 acres) It is administered by the Spiš Museum at Levoča, a division of the Slovak National Museum.
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