Eger Castle - Exhibitions

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Casemate exhibition movies

Spectacular animations illustrate the fortified settlement and medieval cathedral. They show the bishop's castle and its transformation into a bastion fortress, capable of withstanding artillery and demonstrates how fortress commanders prepared for a siege.

Ziffer Gallery

We don’t have exact data on the construction of the synagogue of Eger’s orthodox Jews, but it is thought to have been built between 1889 and 1902, and it underwent considerable modernisation in 1910-1911.

Géza Gárdonyi Memorial House

The Géza Gárdonyi Memorial House was placed in the former residence of the author, where the writer lived between 1897 and 1922.

Valide Sultana Bath Ruins

The Valide Sultana (the Sultan’s mother) steam-bath was built in the beginning of the 17th century not long after Eger was occupied by the Ottoman forces (1596).

Casemate Exhibitions

"Gunpowder smoke among the stones of the fortress”

Weapons Exhibition - Muster of Arms

Interactive exhibition from the Péterváry-collection

History of Eger Castle

The exhibition, presenting the Castle’s history from the era of Saint Stephen until Rákóczi's War of Independence, is housed in the upper floor of the gothic style Bishop’s Palace.

Heroes' Hall

Currently the exhibition can be viewed with a guided tour.

Past Puzzle

The exhibition presents archeological findings from the territory of Heves County, from the Stone Age to the era of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin.

Ruin Garden, Round Church

The Eger Bishopric was founded by Saint Stephen between 1001 and 1009. The Cathedral, consecrated in the name of Saint John, was built on the castle hill during the 11th and 12th centuries and became the final resting place of, among others, King Emerich I.

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