Castle of Eger — Attraction in Egri járás

I arrived a bit too late to the museum area and everything was closed for the day but the castle grounds were still open. It’s a great vantage point to enjoy the sunset overlooking the town of Eger!

Background history:

Starting in the 11th century, Eger gradually expanded its hilltop complex so that by the 1400s an enormous Gothic cathedral and the Archbishop's luxurious palace presided over the city. With the growing Ottoman threat, however, the area transformed into a defensive fortress lined with bastions (the Archbishop moved to safer grounds).

In 1552, the vastly outnumbered Hungarian troops successfully fended off the Ottoman army’s siege. Eger’s heroic defense against the 45,000-strong enemy has been deeply ingrained in the local consciousness through Géza Gárdonyi’s famous book, Egri csillagok (1901) and later also a movie. This is why people sometimes forget that in 1596 Eger did eventually fall, hence all the ruins that await visitors to the castle today (and also because later the archbishops used the area as a stone quarry for their building projects).

The red marble tomb of the hero-general, István Dobó, is also here, and the calvary monument culminates in panoramic...

Iconic simbol of city Eger. You can easily spend 3-4 hours here as there are guided tours, many smaller exhibitions of historical topics, a restaurant and lots of stairs to climb. Be aware that some of the guided tours and exhibitions require additional fees. Everything is written in 3 languages (Hungarian, English, German) but spoken guidance is in Hungarian. I personally would say the the waxhouse is totally skippable especially if you haven't read the novel Egri Csillagok by Géza Gárdonyi (waxhouse consists of wax figures of the characters from the novel), it is also very outdated and doesn't worth the extra money. There are public restrooms in the castle too. Good place to spend a day if you have at least a minimal interest in 500+ years...

Looks much better from the city than it does from inside the walls. Incredible that someone who loves the history can destroy such a historic castle. Renovations are done in awful way and it's actually being modernized and some parts are being added that weren't part of the actual castle. While you walk inside the walls, you can see newer buildings in the castle from that are from different ages and not the same architecture styles. Same goes for cannons.

Seriously, stop destroying this castle and if you are doing some works, should keep things and the castle how they actually were in the history. Everything else is just architecture genocide. Looks like someone is strictly after tourists and doesn't care much about preserving this...