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 #5,095 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #31 of the 135 mapped in Hungary. 8 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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