Renovation of Hungary’s earliest stone castle on top of volcano cone continues: it looks marvellous – PHOTOS
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The renovation of one of Hungary’s earliest stone castles ruling the nearby valleys and the Zemplén Mountains from a volcano top, the Castle of Füzér, continues with the project’s third phase. The subcontractor has already been selected. Check out some photos of the magnificent castle in our article below.
One of the castle’s ladies was the “Hungarian female Dracula”
The Castle of Füzér is one of our most unique heritage. The stronghold is on top of a 522-metre-high hill, proudly standing on a volcano cone. Moreover, it is one of Hungary’s oldest stone castles.
The castle was built in the beginning of the 13th century. After the lost Battle of Mohács, marking the end of the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary (1526), the Holy Crown of Hungary was kept within its walls since Péter Perényi, the crown guard, brought it here after the coronation of János Szapolyai. It remained in the castle for almost a year.
Hungarian aristocrats owned the castle. Some bore historic names like the Báthory, Nádasdy and Károlyi families. In the 17th century, one of its owners was Elizabeth Báthory, the so-called Hungarian “female Dracula”, who was believed to have bathed in blood. We wrote about the horror stories surrounding her in THIS article.
