Visegrád

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Visegrád

Visegrád

The royal castle of Visegrád. The name is of old Slavic origin, means "high castle" (vyše hrad) - originally it was applied to an earlier fortifiation. The 328 m high castle hill rises approx. 230 m above the Danube river. This place hosted an important meeting of three Central European kings in 1335.
peterbud
on Jan 4, 2010 4:52 pm
Lat/Lon: 47.79367°N / 18.98060°E
Image Type(s): Hiking,  Scenery
Image ID: 586885

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yatsek

yatsek - Jan 4, 2010 6:55 pm - Voted 10/10

Forgotten

And a couple of princes/dukes.:) Excellent links!

peterbud

peterbud - Jan 5, 2010 6:49 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Forgotten

So it was worth to wait so long for it...? :D

yatsek

yatsek - Jan 5, 2010 7:23 am - Voted 10/10

Re: Forgotten

Absolutely (though it was just a few months AFAIR:))

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