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Description:
The stunningly beautiful Csesznek Castle rising on a prominent rock spur is the most spectacular castle ruin in Bakony. After the Tatar invasion of 1241–42, Hungarians built numerous castles, and Csesznek is a product of that era, built on a rock summit excellently suited for defense to protect the "salt road" from the Great Plain via Pannonhalma to Győr. At the end of the wars, the stone castle came into the possession of the Esterházy family, who transformed it into a comfortably habitable Baroque castle. Later, the great earthquake of 1810 and a lightning-induced fire in 1820 rendered it uninhabitable.
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