Complete the sentence about Bojnice Castle with the correct year: The Thurzós, the richest family in the northern Kingdom of Hungary, acquired the castle in ______ and undertook its major reconstruction.
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Correct answer: D. 1528
Bojnice Castle in Slovakia began as a wooden fort and was later rebuilt in stone. The Thurzós, then the richest family in the northern Kingdom of Hungary, acquired it in 1528 and turned the fortress into a Renaissance castle.
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