The ruins of Jesenov Castle are located in the beautiful forest surroundings of the Humenské vrchy mountain range. Only the remains of the walls, three corner towers and Renaissance vaults have survived to the present day. A marked hiking trail leads from the village.
In the 16th century, a fake coin factory, famous in the entire area, operated in the castle. Complaints from Poland and Hungary made the royal chamber decide to put an end to the evil practice. Master Mikołaj, who runs the factory, was executed on the market square in Prešov.
The stronghold was built in the 13th century to protect the nearby trade routes. The builder of the castle was knight Piotr Petenyow, who received the surrounding lands from King Władysław IV Kumańczyk. When the Drugeth family became the owner of the castle, the procedure of counterfeiting money began and the times of the fortress's greatest splendor. It was conquered and destroyed in the 17th century.
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