Visegrad (Hungary)

[ban Bank]

Visegrád is one of the cities in Hungary having a long and rich history. Visegrád is small city, located in Pest county, north of Budapest on the right bank of the Danube, in the Danube Bend . At Visegrád, there is an extremely rich archeological site.
Visegrád was first mentioned in 1009 as a county town and chief town of archdeaconry. King Charles I of Hungary made Visegrád the capital of Hungary. In 1335, Charles I of Hungary hosted a two-month congress of kings, held at Visegrád. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor also king of Hungary moved the capitol to Buda, then Matthias Corvinus of Hungary made Visegrád a co-capital again. King Mathias erected a beautiful palace here in Renaissance style. Visegrád lost importance when the medieval Hungarian state fell into three pieces as a consequence of the Ottoman Turkish occupation.
In 1991, the leading politicians of Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland met here to form a periodical forum between these countries. (Hence the name of the Visegrád Group).
Visegrád has less than 2000 permanent inhabitants. The small town became a city in 2000.

View of Visegrád from Nagymaros:


The Citadel of Visegrád:


The Citadel of Visegrád:


The Royal Palace in the time of King Sigismund (1387-1437):


The Royal Palace in the time of King Matthias (1458-1490):


Ruins of Royal Palace:


The inner court of the Palace:

[ban Bank]

Hercules fountain:


The lion-head fountain:


Ruins of Palace Garden:


Solomon’s Tower (XIII. century):


Solomon’s Tower (XIII. century):

[ban Bank]

Palace Games:


Palace Games:


Palace Games:


Palace Games:

[Medofish]

^ We also have a town called Višegrad, it's a small Bosnian Serb town located on Drina river. If you read "Bridge over Drina river" by Ivo Andrić, you'll know what am I talking about.

Anyways, your Višegrad is cute also

[ban Bank]

Originally Posted by Saray

^ We also have a town called Višegrad, it's a small Bosnian Serb town located on Drina river. If you read "Bridge over Drina river" by Ivo Andrić, you'll know what am I talking about.

Nažalost, nisam čitao ništa od Andrića, ali sam čuo za Višegrad u Bosni i Hercegovini.

[wholagun]

is this where the kings of the old days met?

[ban Bank]

Originally Posted by wholagun

is this where the kings of the old days met?

Yes.
By 1335, hungarian king Charles Robert had organized a meeting in Visegrád for the Czech and Polish kings to promote economic exchange between the three countries, thus avoiding the observance of the Viennese staple right which demanded merchants passing through the country to unload their wares in a specified place.

Hungarian king Charles Robert:

[Qwert]

Few photos from Visegrád castle by me. I hope you'll enjoy them.












Picture from the road 11. Nature there reminds me Croatia:

[RawLee]

How was the ferry?

[Qwert]

Originally Posted by RawLee

How was the ferry?

I didn't use any ferry.

[RawLee]

Originally Posted by Qwert

I didn't use any ferry.

OK,now I see...you're looking west...I thought this
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2526/dsc00813ce4.jpg
was this:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=h...10643&t=h&z=13
I only later realised it was this:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=h...10643&t=h&z=13

[Qwert]

Originally Posted by RawLee

OK,now I see...you're looking west...I thought this
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2526/dsc00813ce4.jpg
was this:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=h...10643&t=h&z=13
I only later realised it was this:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=h...10643&t=h&z=13

Yes, you are right. All the pictures are taken from Visegrád castle. But, next time I may use the ferry to enjoy Nagymaros as well.

[zsimi80]

[christos-greece]

This town, Visegrad its indeed a very nice, pleasant town, place; the terrain around this town (landscape) is beautiful

[FutogCORE]

Very interesting place. Landscape iz beautiful indeed.

It is also interesting, that there is town called Visegrad in Republika Srpska, near border with Serbia. The town is known for the book "Bridge on the Drina" written by Ivo Andrić, Nobel prize winning author.

Is there maybe, a Serbian minority in Hungarian Visegrad?

[blogen_]

Originally Posted by FutogCORE

Very interesting place. Landscape iz beautiful indeed.

It is also interesting, that there is town called Visegrad in Republika Srpska, near border with Serbia. The town is known for the book "Bridge on the Drina" written by Ivo Andrić, Nobel prize winning author.

Is there maybe, a Serbian minority in Hungarian Visegrad?

No, this name is possible Western or Eastern Slav origin (9th century).

[NeMiroff]

Whole area of Visegrad is next to the borders with Slovakia, so it's means that Visegrad is possibly given by Western Slavs. This area around the Danuber river is full of Slavic toponyms ( Sztaravoda, Dolinapuszta, Zebegény, Dunabogdány..) and many others.