Szigliget

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Szigliget
The fortress of Szigliget

Coat of arms
Szigliget
Location of Szigliget
Coordinates: 46°47′46″N 17°26′18″E / 46.79610°N 17.43829°E / 46.79610; 17.43829Coordinates: 46°47′46″N 17°26′18″E / 46.79610°N 17.43829°E / 46.79610; 17.43829
Country  Hungary
County Veszprém
Area
 • Total 34.26 km2 (13.23 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 • Total 936
 • Density 27.32/km2 (70.8/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 8264
Area code(s) 87

Szigliget is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary.

Settings

The village can be found on the northern bank of Lake Balaton in the vicinity of Badacsony and Keszthely. The village was built between and on volcanic hills. It can be reached by car on the 71 highway or by train on the Székesfehérvár–Tapolca-railway stopping at Badacsonytördemic-Szigliget station.

History

The settlement existed in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Celtic, Roman and Avar archaeological finds were discovered in the vicinity. The ruins of a parochial church, built in the 12th century, can be seen. Until 1822 the area was an island in the Lake Balaton. The island was connected to the mainland in 1822 by rearrangement of the bank-dams around Balaton.

Sightseeings

Avas church ruins

It was built in the Árpád age, in the 12th century. The material is basalt. The old tower stands today.

Castle Szigliget

On the top of the 239 meter high Várhegy hill stand the ruins of the medieval fortress. It was renewed in the last years and beautiful panorama opens from it to the Lake Balaton and to the Tapolca Basin. Poets sang of the beauty of the village and the landscape.

The manor of Count Esterházy

The manor house built in the 19th century by the House of Esterházy is a modern home for artists surrounded by the arboretum of 9,2 hectare.

Galery

  • Avasi-church ruins

  • Fortress from above

  • Fortress

  • Eszterházy-manor house

External references

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