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Károly-kílátó
You’re at Károly-kílátó, which preserves the memory of Sopron printer and publisher Romwalter Károly—and his son—because they had the first lookout built here in 1876 (some accounts say 1878). When the original wooden structure aged, city “beautifiers” decided in 1902 that repairing it was too costly, so they planned a stone viewpoint “worthy of the place.” Work only finished much later: the final plans by Winkler Oszkár took shape, but construction was delayed when the bank holding the donated funds collapsed. The stone tower was ultimately 23 meters high, and the “new” lookout was inaugurated on June 12, 1936. …
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