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Szigligeti vár
Castle & palace

Szigligeti vár

In Szigligeti vár once stood on the volcanic hill that rose above the former island of Balaton, next to Szigliget village. The earliest parts—palace wing between two towers and the surrounding stone walls—were built by the Benedictines of Pannonhalma between 1260 and 1262, after which King IV. Béla took over those works in 1262 through an exchange. Royal oversight later fell to the Móriczhidai family of the Pok kindred, and by 1441 King I. Ulászló granted the fortress to Némai Kolos Jeromos; just four years later, in 1445, it was already in the hands of the Újlaki family, which held it until 1521. In 1531, it was granted by Ferdinand of Habsburg’s supporter, enyingi Török Bálint, and at his command Martonfalvay Imre deák led an assault with a larger army. …

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