Castle
Jurisics Castle
🇭🇺 Hungary
Jurisics Castle, named after Croatian nobleman Nikola Jurišić (Hungarian: Miklós Jurisics) is located in Kőszeg, Hungary.
During the Habsburg-Ottoman wars, Pargalı İbrahim Pasha under the command of Suleiman the Magnificent laid siege to the castle in 1532. Jurišić and less than 1,000 men defended the castle for 25 days without any artillery, despite 19 assaults.
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Jurisics Castle ranks #4,972 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #31 of the 135 mapped in Hungary. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Graz, 90 km away. See how Hungary compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Jurisics Castle?
Jurisics Castle stands in Hungary, at 47.38958°, 16.53887°.
How famous is Jurisics Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,972 of 8,133 worldwide, and #31 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 Jurisics Castle?
Sibrik Mansion in Bozsok, about 8 km away.
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