Complete the sentence about Orava Castle with the correct year: Orava Castle stands on the site of an old wooden fortification, built after the Mongol invasion of Hungary of ______.
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Correct answer: A. 1241
Orava Castle rises on a high rock above the Orava river in Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia, and was used for scenes in the 1922 film Nosferatu. It stands on the site of an old wooden fortification built after the Mongol invasion of Hungary in 1241.
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