Castle of Diósgyor - Hungary - Castles on Waymarking.com

The ruins of the castle towers above the rocks are rising from the valley of Szinva Brook. This area had already been inhabited in the Prehistoric Ages. The name Diósgyor was first mentioned in the chronicles of Anonymous who lived and wrote in the court of King Béla III. on the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries. The castle had been owned by the Bors Family before the Tatar Invasion, when it was destroyed. Later a new castle was built on the same place, which became the home of Ban Ernye. At that time it was a strong stone building. The new castle was given to Dózsa Debreczeni, the Prince of Transylvania as a royal donation in 1319. King Lajos the Great took this place as well so in 1364 he joined a big estate to the castle and later he had it developed into a magnificent Gothic royal castle. Therefore Diósgyor became a royal residence just like Buda, Visegrád and Zólyom. It got especially significant when King Lajos the Great became a Polish king as well. From that time he spent a couple of months with his court here every year. And so the castle became the scene of important historic events such as signing the Peace Treaty of Turin in 1381. After the death of King Lajos Diósgyor became the endowment of the Hungarian queens. It was their wedding present and the country residence of 6 queens between 1424. and 1526. The last queen who lived here, was Habsburg Maria, the wife of King Lajos II. When the danger of Turkish attacks disappeared it went to rack and ruin so the engravings made at the end of the 19th c. could only show the ruins of the castle.

Accessibility: Partial access Condition: Partly ruined Admission Charge?: yes Website: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   08/27/2013 Monty&Miru visited it