Eger is famous for the locals having fended off the Turks, under the castle captain, Dobos. Women fought bravely along with the men to accomplish this. They were greatly outnumbered by the Turks, but they had ingenious ways of figuring out where the Turks were tunneling in to blow up the wall (a drum with little stones on it that would vibrate--very effective low tech monitoring equipment. Then, they would countertunnel and blow up the Turks on the other side, etc. There is a famous red wine made here called Bull's Blood. The story goes that Dobos was observed by the Turks drinking red wine and it flowed over his beard. The Turks commented that he must be drinking blood, to which they added that it must be the blood of a bull. I took lots of photos here, but will spare you too many.
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| Entrance |
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| The hero, Dobos |
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| A modern addition--very large statues of the citizens in the castle who fought off the Turks. Here's the tribute to the women. |
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| Inside (the castle dates to the 1200s, as I recall) |
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| This isn't clear, but they were able to move cannons to do some serious damage to the Turks with cross-fire. |
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