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Comments:	Citadel (Fellegvar), Visegrad <p> The double fortification system was built around 1250-1260 for Béla IV and his wife Mária Lascaris from the money she received for the jewellery that she had brought with her from Byzantium. The castle consisted of the fortified walls around the hilltop, two towers, and a residential palace.<p> Over the centuries, beginning with the Anjou Kings and ending with King Matthias, this citadel was expanded and modernised by many Hungarian rulers.<p> The Old Tower was finished by 1251 on the north-eastern part of the Citadel most open to attacks; it also served as a castle refuge. The enclosed pentagonal building with its protruding V-shape to the east had an important role in the defence of the Citadel. The enemy's catapult shots bounced off its massive walls and the archers could counter-strike against the attackers to protect the fortification. According to research, the castle chapel consecrated to St Elizabeth of the Árpád House, was most probably on the second floor of the tower.<p> The Citadel was built as a castle refuge for the Dominican nuns of Rabbit Island, among them Princess Margaret, so a residential palace was added; archaeologists have also uncovered the remaining fragments of the walls. <p> Today the Citadel also hosts a museum exhibition. There is wheelchair access 4/20/10.<p> Rick Steves
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Visegrad Citadel

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Visegrad, Hungary

Citadel (Fellegvar), Visegrad

The double fortification system was built around 1250-1260 for Béla IV and his wife Mária Lascaris from the money she received for the jewellery that she had brought with her from Byzantium. The castle consisted of the fortified walls around the hilltop, two towers, and a residential palace.

Over the centuries, beginning with the Anjou Kings and ending with King Matthias, this citadel was expanded and modernised by many Hungarian rulers.

The Old Tower was finished by 1251 on the north-eastern part of the Citadel most open to attacks; it also served as a castle refuge. The enclosed pentagonal building with its protruding V-shape to the east had an important role in the defence of the Citadel. The enemy's catapult shots bounced off its massive walls and the archers could counter-strike against the attackers to protect the fortification. According to research, the castle chapel consecrated to St Elizabeth of the Árpád House, was most probably on the second floor of the tower.

The Citadel was built as a castle refuge for the Dominican nuns of Rabbit Island, among them Princess Margaret, so a residential palace was added; archaeologists have also uncovered the remaining fragments of the walls.

Today the Citadel also hosts a museum exhibition. There is wheelchair access 4/20/10.

Rick Steves

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