Their protests in the Ostrigom canonry were made in vain. Donč was a confidential friend of the Old Hungarian king Karol Róbert and belonged to the most influential figures in Old Hungary. A castle was built on a five meter high limestone rock. Even though it was protected by fortifications and a water ditch it was very vulnerable as was proved by numerous sieges and destruction. It belonged to military buildings guarding an important trade route along the river Váh. One of the legends testify that the castle was connected by underground passages to the fortifications near Liptovský Ján and even with the castle Liptovský hrad. Later it became the seat of administration of the castle estate, the property of the OId Hungarian kings until the mid-15th century and later it was owned by donation or by the forfeiting of several landlords (for instance, the families Zápoľský, Thurzo, Ballas and others). The reconstruction of the castle is attributed to a woman - Magdaléna Zayová. There is a Slovak proverb which says: the devil sends a woman where he himself cannot get to. In other words, the deed impossible for men was done by Magdaléna. Even though it is true that she outlived three husbands (the castle owners) she kept her energy, as well as the castle and her fourth husband. She completely restored the castle in Renaissance style and added to it a Renaissance manor house. The final effect makes the impression that the old castle remained in the courtyard of the new one. After her death, probably more lamentated by her subjects than by her husbands, the owners of the castle changed hands periodically, belonging either to the rebellious nobility or to the imperial owners. The castle was heavily damaged during the Rebellions of the Estates at the turn of the 17th and 18th century. After a fire in 1803 only the manor house was restored as it was the seat of the administration of the estate in Likava and Hrádok. Further repairs to the building included an ethnographic museum completed in the 20th century.
Today is in the castle restaurant and comfortable apartments, and some parts of the castle are alredy restored.