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Abaúj Castle
🇭🇺 Hungary
The Abaúj Castle, the fortified hill of Abaújvár (Hungarian: abaújvári földvár) or fortress of Abaúj (Hungarian: abaúj-vár), is one of the oldest fortifications in Hungary, having served as the administrative centre of a county (ispánság). It reached its height between the 11th and the 14th centuries.
Machine-translated from “Colline fortifiée d'Abaújvár” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abaúj Castle ranks #7,008 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #63 of the 135 mapped in Hungary. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Košice, 22 km away. See how Hungary compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Abaúj Castle?
Abaúj Castle stands in Hungary, at 48.52745°, 21.31224°.
How famous is Abaúj Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,008 of 8,133 worldwide, and #63 in Hungary. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Abaúj Castle?
Melczer Mansion in Alsókéked (Kéked), about 3 km away.
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