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The Hapsburgs, the Nazis and the Soviets have all left their mark on Eger, but from the castle’s Gergely Bastion, it’s the minaret, the northernmost point of the former Ottoman Empire, that draws my eye. It looks out of place amid a vista of church steeples and Baroque buildings so impressive that even the drabness of the occasional communist building fails to diminish it. Before leaving the castle grounds I pay my respects to Dobó in the Heroes Hall, joining a queue of people shuffling around his sarcophagus with the same solemnity demanded of a visit to Lenin’s tomb on Red Square...
Good to read some European news about Hungary, a different perspective. This article has travel insider information... ready to pack?
Good to read some European news about Hungary, a different perspective. This article has travel insider information... ready to pack?
