Castle of Eger

E448583
castle fortress historic monument

The Castle of Eger is a historic Hungarian stronghold famed for its pivotal role in defending against Ottoman invasions during the 16th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eger Castle 2
Castle of Eger canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ
architecturalStyle Renaissance elements ⓘ
medieval fortification ⓘ
contains Dobó István Castle Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinateLocation 47.903°N 20.373°E ⓘ
country Hungary ⓘ
culture Hungarian history ⓘ
depictedIn Hungarian films about the Siege of Eger ⓘ
novel "Eclipse of the Crescent Moon" (Egri csillagok) NERFINISHED ⓘ
destroyedPartiallyIn 18th century ⓘ
hasExhibition Ottoman–Hungarian wars exhibition ⓘ
medieval military history exhibition ⓘ
underground casemate tour ⓘ
wax museum of historical figures ⓘ
hasPart bastions ⓘ
casemates ⓘ
gate towers ⓘ
inner castle ⓘ
outer castle ⓘ
underground passages ⓘ
hasViewOf Eger Basilica NERFINISHED ⓘ
city of Eger NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation national monument of Hungary ⓘ
inception 13th century ⓘ
locatedIn Eger NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Heves County NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northern Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Castle Hill of Eger NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
namedAfter István Dobó NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor defense against Ottoman invasion in 1552 ⓘ
role in Hungarian–Ottoman wars ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operator Dobó István Vármúzeum NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf fortification system of Eger ⓘ
reconstructedIn 16th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
significantEvent Ottoman conquest of Eger (1596) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Eger (1552) NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantPerson Gergely Bornemissza NERFINISHED ⓘ
István Dobó NERFINISHED ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor administrative center ⓘ
military defense ⓘ
museum exhibitions ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Eger (1596) → fortressCaptured → Castle of Eger ⓘ
Northern Hungary → containsCastle → Castle of Eger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eger Castle
Eger → hasLandmark → Castle of Eger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eger Castle