Built up by one man: the Taródi castle – PHOTOS

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A reporter of origo.hu visited the wonderful Taródi Castle in the Lövérek, and writes that he has seen on of the most special private castles of Hungary. Thus, he definitely suggests that people should know about the castle and visit it.

The Taródi castle, called the Mad Castle by some people of Sopron, has been up for 65 years now. István Taródi fulfilled his dream when he built up the castle on his very own. The construction on the Sopron Mountain’s Nándor high ground took him, a man weighing 56kg, 50 years. But he succeeded, his desire to create, his love for two-hand work and a great amount of spare time resulted in the Taródi castle.

He purchased the land in 1951 and started the construction of the stone castle in 1959. Incredibly, he carried out the whole building alone, no one helped him! At dawn he prepared all the tools he needed for that day, then went to work, spent there 8 hours, after his work he built, shaped and beautified the castle.

The reporter met Taródi’s son, István Taródi Jr., who even took the visitor to the tower of the castle. After a difficult way through the caracole, they arrived to the top and could see the most exquisite panorama of Sopron, an even more breath-taking view than what the many other beautiful towers of the Lövérek show.

Also, the beautiful castle hosted a film crew earlier, in 1985, when the A fantasztikus nagynéni (Fantastic Aunty) was shot there. Ferenc Zenthe and Éva Ruttkai starred in it, and attended the castle, which was chosen by the director.