Máré-vár, a Hungarian castle.
Yesterday, with my wife Kati and her friend Trudy who came to visit us from British Columbia, we went to visit a Hungarian castle: Máré-vár.
It is a small castle that is not well known outside of Hungary: on Wikipedia, you will find a good article in Hungarian and a very short one in Turkish (3 lines). That's it!
We had already visited it with 3 of my 7 brothers when they came to Hungary several years ago.
To go there from Kati's house took us only 30 minutes by car.
We could have parked near the castle, but we decided to leave our car in a lower parking lot and walk to the castle. It took us some time, as we had to climb 75 metres while walking 800 metres.
When you arrive at the bottom of the stairs that go to the entrance of the castle, you are greeted by a three-headed dragon.
Near the dragon, you can read a small plaque, written in Hungarian, that is an extract of a fairy tale by Császár Levente, published in 2019.
The extract starts with
The treasure of the Iron Mountain attracted the dragons because some of them are directly addicted to the ore. It is almost impossible to destroy such a cunning beast, but his intoxicated love of ore has already caused his fire-breathing loss.
Here is the dragon from the top of the stairs:
The castle was originally built in the XIVth century. Like many castles that were built a long time ago, it has been modified extensively over the years.
In the XVIIIth century, it was in ruins. The renovation started during the 1950s.
Here are some pictures of the inside:
A view from the entrance.
A view taken from the ramparts.
Another view from the ramparts.
In this photo, we see a modern building that has been built inside the castle. There are parts of old walls at the base.
Kati and me on the ramparts.
We spent more than an hour in the castle.
Of course, it is a small castle, not as interesting as the magnificent castles of the Loire valley in France, but it is part of the history of Hungary.
-- Vincent Celier
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What an interesting castle. The dragon seemed out of place because of how new and modern it looked compared to the castle. But I guess it works well with the lore of the place. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
We welcome you back to this platform, we have missed your stories so much, hope you will be active again. When you go, you remember a lot of things and the good thing is that both of you are living a good life together. Going to places with such scenic views can relieve mental tension and relax you a lot. If the weather is good then there is more happiness, there are clouds and such weather is liked by every human being.
Thank you. Yes, I intend to be active again, and I hope it will continue for a long time.
Here, in the south of Hungary, the weather is currently OK. The highest temperature today is 23°C, which is a good temperature. However, for more than two months the highest daily temperature was over 30°C, and some day as high as 36°C. Fortunately, we had air conditioning.
Most welcome. Here in the last two or three months, the temperature in our city in our country has gone up to 50 this time.
What a fascinating trip! Exploring a lesser-known gem like Máré-vár must have been an unforgettable experience, especially with the dragon and the rich history surrounding it!
It must take some bravery to climb up the castle stairs and stuff, knowing how old it is and that it was in ruins at one time 😅
Yes, it was in ruins 300 years ago, but it has been consolidated extensively.
Of course, somebody pusillanimous like you would never go in such a castle. 😆 😅 😜
Hahahaha
I'm definitely not pusillanimous,
I'm more of pussycarnivorous😉I'm just calculative. The place was in ruins 300 years ago, it's been stitched up, but it wasn't a full renovation as I can still see some old material constituting the current structure. 😅
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