Ovar Castle, Mosonmagyaróvár

Ovar Castle in Mosonmagyaróvár, dating back to 1364, has been recently restored in the framework of the National Castle Program, and functions not only as a tourist attraction, with interactive exhibitions, but also as a center for higher education for the agrarian department of the Széchenyi University.

The castle has known a stormy past; the Ottomans burnt it down twice, once in the first half of the 16th century, and then upon their return from the siege of Vienna, in 1689. As a consequence, the castle was reconstructed and strengthened over the 16th and 17th centuries to resist the Ottomans, and later the anti-Habsburg Kuruc army. After the Rákóczi’s War of Independence against the Habsburg Empire, the castle lost its military significance.

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