Somlói vár
Somlói vár keeps its story in a hard, defensive landscape: the castle sits on the northern side of the basaltic Somló hill, within a dense forest. In older accounts, it was difficult to reach, and the southern approach is guarded by an eight-metre dry moat that ends at a ravine on one side and climbs back into the hill on the other. The irregular ground plan includes inner towers and several courtyards, with a surviving drawbridge crossing the ravine to reach a passage that leads to the outer courtyard. The most distinctive feature here is the castle’s hexagonal tower. Its core purpose has shifted over time: earlier descriptions place the kitchen in this area, and it is now thought the same space may have served as a chapel. Written history begins in 1352, when King Louis the Great recorded the fortress as *castrum Somlo*, taking it from János, son of Csenik, and giving it to Benedek, son of Heim. …
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