The Fortress of Eger

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The Fortress of Eger

 Europe » Hungary » Eger By korossyl
May 25th 2007 I'm pretty much living a dream.
In 1552, 2,000 Hungarians under the command of Capt. István Dobó engaged the Turkish forces under bashas Ali and Ahmed. When the Turks retreated 30 days later, there were 400 Hungarian martyred... and 140,000 Turks killed. This is one of the most glorious victories in Hungarian history, and was immortalized in a novel by Géza Gárdonyi that has since become required reading in all Hungarian school. This book was pivotal in my own awakening to my Hungarian heritage, and to work day by day in this sacred place is an unbelievable honor.

So, I took about 120 pictures, so here's some of them.

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Photos

Fortress 01
Welcome to my Fortress!

Fortress 02
The main square.

Fortress 03
The south wall.

Fortress 04
A fortification on the south wall.

Fortress 05
Dobó Square, from the south wall.

Fortress 06
The south wall.

Fortress 07
A particular view from the south wall.

Fortress 08
Scaling the east wall...

Fortress 09
The east wall.

Fortress 10
Looking into the fortress from the east wall. The glorious flag.

Fortress 11
Map!!

Fortress 12
Another one of me. Don't ask about the expression; I have no idea.

Fortress 13
The lower east wall, from above.

Fortress 14
The east wall.

Fortress 15
The east wall.

Fortress 16
A Golgotha mound.

Fortress 17
A small park, and Gárdonyi’s tomb.

Fortress 18
Gárdonyi’s tomb.

Fortress 19
Gárdonyi’s tomb -- "ONLY THE BODY"

Fortress 20
The ruins of an ancient chapel. I'm going to Mass there tonight!

Fortress 21
The east wall.

Comments

[MKB]

We know the csárdás!...kinda
So, was there no one else around? I bet you could´ve just asked someone to help take a picture of yourself...or if you wanted to figure it out on your own that´s good too...Despite the fact that the wax figures kinda creep me out, it looks like an amazing place to work! I miss you!

[EMA]

You're too funny!
Um, I love the sunglasses photo. Fantastic, darlin'.